COMMENTS
May this intimate communion and fellowship with Christ impart to
us each more and more of His own spirit, so that the world may
take knowledge of us, that we have "been with Jesus"; and let
the prayer of each be,
Lord Jesus, make Thyself to me
A living, bright reality!
More real to faith's vision keen,
Than any earthly object seen;
More dear, more intimately nigh,
Than e'en the sweetest earthly tie.
The proof of our loving the Lord is in having and keeping His commands. Such a love for the Lord is reciprocated by the Father and the Son, out of their appreciation of this quality in us. This prompts them to give us added expressions of confidence and love, culminating in our being privileged to have heart fellowship with them, from an understanding and an appreciation of their characters.
Deut. 30:19, 20; John 14:15-17, 22-24; 1 John 2:5; 4:13; 5:3; Prov. 8:17; 23:26; John 15:10, 14; 16:27; Heb. 12:6; John 8:31, 32.
