Show what ve AV Is il in our ignorance of 0 that inspiring future there are to things that wo we do know we know 1 that we shall see christ and 2 that wo we shall bo be like him john tells us we know that it if ho he shall lie be manifested we shall be like him for or wo we shall see him even as he is even hele heie gods true cl idren are growing into the divine lino line ness but our liability to temptation and sin is 15 so great there are so many evil influences against which we must contend that our growth is slow and even at the best we bear only a slight resemblance to our elder brother jesus christ but wo we know that when lie he the infinitely holy loving perfect saviour shall be made manifested we wa shall then bo be like him sin shall no more mar tho the diviaio likeness in us we shall bo be like hire christ in out our nature in our dispositions and affections we shall then know what it is to be free from all pride and envy malice land hatred from all sinful thoughts unholy desires and impure emotions what an amazing thought this Is wo we can scarcely believe it pos possible sigle ahat such poor weak worms of the dust as we are shall one day be like christ the nathe interpreter of a foreign missionary while making a translation of the bebla when asked to translate 1 john 31 2 at first refused to do it it is too much said he to say that wo fire are children of OE god and that we shall ever be like him my aly people will never believe that so great so overwhelming was the thought when presented to his heathen mind that he stumbled at it and refused to clothe it in the words of his native tongue |