May 12 Morning Devotional | Special Revelations of Jesus | Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon

Morning, May 12 | “I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.” —John 14:21 (NASB)

This Evening's Scripture Reading: John 14:16-21 (NASB)

I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.
“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. After a little while the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also. In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.”

Devotional Video Transcript:

The Lord Jesus gives special revelations of himself to his people. Even if Scripture did not declare this, many of the children of God could testify to the truth of it from their own experience. They have had manifestations of their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in a peculiar manner, such as no mere reading or hearing could afford.

In the biographies of eminent saints, you will find many instances recorded in which Jesus has been pleased, in a very special manner to speak to their souls and to unfold the wonders of his person. In this way their souls have been steeped in happiness that they have thought themselves to be in heaven, whereas they were not there, though they were well nigh on the threshold of it. For when Jesus manifests himself to his people, it is heaven on earth; it is paradise in embryo; it is bliss begun.

Special manifestations of Christ exercise a holy influence on the believer’s heart. One effect will be humility. If a man says, “I have had such-and-such spiritual communications, I am a great man,” he has never had any communion with Jesus at all; for “For though the Lord is exalted, yet He regards the lowly, but the haughty He knows from afar.” (Psalm 138:6) He does not need to come near them to know them, and will never give them any visits of love. Another effect will be happiness; for in God’s presence, there are pleasures forevermore. Holiness will be sure to follow. A man who has no holiness has never had this manifestation. Some men profess a great deal, but we must not believe anyone unless we see that his deeds answer to what he says. “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked.” (Galatians 6:7) He will not bestow his favors upon the wicked: for while he will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he respect an evil doer. Thus there will be three effects of nearness to Jesus — humility, happiness, and holiness. May God give them to you, Christian!

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