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Filled with God’s Fullness, December 26
And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye
might be filled with all the fulness of God.
Ephesians 3:19
.
Here are revealed the heights of attainment that we may reach through
faith in the promises of our heavenly Father, when we fulfill His require-
ments. Through the merits of Christ, we have access to the throne of
infinite power. “He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up
for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?”
Romans 8:32
....
The heart that has once tasted of the love of Christ, cries out continually
for a deeper draft; and as you impart, you will receive in richer and more
abundant measure. Every revelation of God to the soul increases the
capacity to know and to love. The continual cry of the heart is, More of
thee, and ever the Spirit’s answer is, Much more....
The life of Christ was a life charged with a divine message of the
love of God, and He longed intensely to impart this love to others in rich
measure. Compassion beamed from His countenance, and His conduct
was characterized by grace and humility, love and truth. Every member of
His church militant must manifest the same qualities, if he would join the
church triumphant. The love of Christ is so broad, so full of glory, that
in comparison to it, everything that man esteems so great dwindles into
insignificance. When we obtain a view of it, we exclaim, O the depth of
the riches of the love that God bestowed upon men in the gift of His only
begotten Son! ...
It is the mystery of God in the flesh, God in Christ, divinity in human-
ity. Christ bowed down in unparalleled humility, that in His exaltation to
the throne of God He might also exalt those who believe in Him to a seat
with Him upon His throne.... “Exceeding abundantly above all that we ask
or think,” will be given unto us “the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the
knowledge of him” (
Ephesians 1:17
), that we may be able to “comprehend
with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and
to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge,” that we may be
“filled with all the fulness of God.”
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