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The Unsearchable Riches Of Christ, April 29
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be
strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man.
Ephesians 3:16
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The themes of redemption are momentous themes, and only those who are
spiritually-minded can discern their depth and significance. It is our safety, our joy,
to dwell upon the truths of the plan of salvation. Faith and prayer are necessary
in order that we may behold the deep things of God. Our minds are so bound
about by narrow ideas that we catch but limited views of the experience it is our
privilege to have...
Why is it that many who profess to have faith in Christ have no strength to stand
against the temptations of the enemy?—It is because they are not strengthened
with might by His Spirit in the inner man. The apostle prays “that ye, being
rooted and grounded in love, 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 ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.”
Ephesians 3:17-19
. If we had this experience, we should know something of the
cross of Calvary. We would know what it means to be partakers with Christ in His
sufferings. The love of Christ would constrain us, and though we would not be
able to explain how the love of Christ warmed our hearts, we would manifest His
love in fervent devotion to His cause.
Paul opens before the Ephesian church, in the most comprehensive language,
the marvelous power and knowledge they might possess as sons and daughters of
the Most High. It was theirs “to be strengthened with might...,” to be “rooted and
grounded in love,”...“to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge.”...
Jehovah Emmanuel—He in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and
knowledge—to be brought into sympathy with Him, to possess Him, as the heart
opens more and more to receive His attributes: to know His love and power, to
possess the unsearchable riches of Christ...this is the heritage of the servants of
the Lord, and “their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.”
Isaiah 54:17
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