Friday | 02 October 2026

One revealing another

The more excellent way is a fellowship of offering in which one reveals another. We clearly see this principle of one revealing another when we consider the offering journey of Jesus, as the Son of Man, from the garden of Gethsemane to the cross. On this journey, the Father progressively glorified Jesus, as the Son of Man, with His own intrinsic glory as Yahweh the Son. Joh 12:23. The Father’s focus was the revelation of Yahweh the Son’s name. At the same time, the Son’s focus, as He offered Himself to the Father for the purpose of bringing many sons to glory, was the revelation of the Father’s name. Joh 12:28.

As sons of God, who have been born of the Spirit, Jesus likened us to ‘branches’ who are connected to Him as the Root of the Vine. Joh 15:1. He said, ‘Without Me you can do nothing.’ Joh 15:5. When we do the works of our sonship each day, we are revealing Christ because He is the One who has learned our obedience and already completed our works. We do not reveal ourselves. However, as we reveal Christ, our name is seen because the works of our sonship belong to our name. Furthermore, the works of our sonship reveal the name and glory of the Father. Jesus said, ‘By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.’ Joh 15:8.

Evangelical theology seeks to exploit the mercy of the Father by limiting it to forgiveness from the judgement of the Law, without recognising that His mercy recovers us to our predestination as sons of God. The mercy of God has granted us a participation in the fellowship of Christ’s offering and sufferings. The resurrection life of Christ, which we are receiving in our mortal bodies, enables us to present ourselves to God as ‘a living sacrifice’ each day. Rom 12:1. In the fellowship of the cross, we have been given a participation in the circumcision of Christ, the chastening of Christ, and the travail of Christ which is birthing the divine nature in us.