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But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the
Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory even as
by the Spirit of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 3:18
.
As the mind dwells upon Christ, the character is molded after the
divine similitude. The thoughts are pervaded with a sense of His good-
ness, His love. We contemplate His character, and thus He is in all
our thoughts. His love encloses us. If we gaze even a moment upon
the sun in its meridian glory, when we turn away our eyes, the image
of the sun will appear in everything upon which we look. Thus it is
when we behold Jesus; everything we look upon reflects His image, the
Sun of Righteousness. We cannot see anything else, or talk of anything
else. His image is imprinted upon the eye of the soul, and affects every
portion of our daily life, softening and subduing our whole nature. By
beholding, we are conformed to the divine similitude, even the likeness
of Christ. To all with whom we associate we reflect the bright and
cheerful beams of His righteousness. We have become transformed in
character; for heart, soul, mind, are irradiated by the reflection of Him
who loved us, and gave Himself for us
Jesus Christ is everything to us—the first, the last, the best in ev-
erything. Jesus Christ, His Spirit, His character, colors everything; it is
the warp and the woof, the very texture of our entire being. The words
of Christ are spirit and life. We cannot, then, center our thoughts upon
self; it is no more we that live, but Christ that liveth in us, and He is the
hope of glory. Self is dead, but Christ is a living Saviour.
If we keep our minds stayed upon Christ, He will come unto us “as
the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.”
Hosea 6:3
. As
the Sun of Righteousness, He will arise upon us “with healing in his
wings.”
Malachi 4:2
. We shall “grow as the lily.” We shall “revive as
the corn, and grow as the vine.”
Hosea 14:5, 7
. By constantly relying
upon Christ as our personal Saviour, we shall grow up into Him in all
things who is our head.
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