As the disciples were commanded, you should also say nothing until
the Son of Man has risen in you— until the life of the risen Christ so
dominates you that you truly understand what He taught while here on
earth. When you grow and develop the right condition inwardly, the words
Jesus spoke become so clear that you are amazed you did not grasp them
before. In fact, you were not able to understand them before because you
had not yet developed the proper spiritual condition to deal with them.
Our Lord doesn’t hide these things from us, but we are not prepared
to receive them until we are in the right condition in our spiritual
life. Jesus said, “I still have many things to say to you, but you
cannot bear them now” (John 16:12).
We must have a oneness with His risen life before we are prepared to
bear any particular truth from Him. Do we really know anything about the
indwelling of the risen life of Jesus? The evidence that we do is that
His Word is becoming understandable to us. God cannot reveal anything to
us if we don’t have His Spirit. And our own unyielding and headstrong
opinions will effectively prevent God from revealing anything to us. But
our insensible thinking will end immediately once His resurrection life
has its way with us.
“. . . tell no one . . . .” But so many people do tell what they saw
on the Mount of Transfiguration— their mountaintop experience. They have
seen a vision and they testify to it, but there is no connection
between what they say and how they live. Their lives don’t add up
because the Son of Man has not yet risen in them. How long will it be
before His resurrection life is formed and evident in you and in me?
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