Filled with God. He would have the subject always before them. THE PRACTICAL RESULT OF THIS MENSURATION. Here are words full of mystery, worthy to be pondered.1. (b)Ceaseless love in the flow. If you will kindly refer to the text you will see what this previous education is which the apostle desired for the saints. John Piper Mar 22, 1981 66 Shares Sermon. The "breadth" suggests to us the extent of that love, the vastness of the field for which it is designed and for which it provides. Think next of the height of the Master's love. Paul begins: “I pray so that you would be able to grasp, together with all the holy ones, what is the breadth and length and height and depth”. Here is one measure of it, howsoever long drawn out my sin may be, it stretches beyond this; and the while line of His love runs out into infinity, far beyond the point where the black line of my sin stops. Spurgeon. )Among the heights of Divine loveC. Your Identity: A New Creation from Ephesians 1:1–14. (c) Where is the measure for all this? 2. His glory, holiness, greatness, Deity, make up the other. His glory, holiness, greatness, Deity, make up the other. What great things man can hold!2. H. Spurgeon.As I was riding along in the South of France one day I saw a fine pair of birds overhead. The intensity of human affection varies inversely as its extension. Keep there, eagles. What must this be?4. Be filled. Spurgeon. This sermon deals with God's Love for us, and what that exactly looks like as we explore seven ideas and concepts about God's love, and how God's love is everlasting, unchangeable, without limits, sacrificial, and filled with grace. Scripture: Ephesians 3:10. What great things man can hold!2. The driver called out in the French tongue, "Eagles." Yes, and there was a man below with a gun, wishful to get a nearer acquaintance with the eagles, but they did not come down to oblige him. If we are to think of Him only as a man, however exalted and however perfect, you and I have nothing in the world to do with His love. H. Spurgeon.The more we know the more are we conscious of our ignorance of that which is unknown, or, as Dr. Chalmers used to put it in his class — borrowing an illustration from his favourite mathematics — "The wider the diameter of light, the greater is the circumference of darkness." The higher air is the fit dominion for eagles, up above the smoke and clouds. What must this be? (3) The depth. Filled with the fulness of God. In his dignified British manner he replied, Madam, can you think of anything in your life that is big to God? His glory, holiness, greatness, Deity, make up the other. If an angel were to start from today with the design of finding out when God's love began he would doubtless fly on till he lingered at the Cross. But the pitying Christ, the eternal Lover of all wandering souls, looks down from heaven upon every one of us; goes with us in all our wanderings, bears with us in all our sins, in all our transgressions still is gracious. Ephesians 3:18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height. The driver called out in the French tongue, "Eagles." It indicates an intimate study, and a careful survey. Here are words full of mystery, worthy to be pondered.1. The driver called out in the French tongue, "Eagles." H. Spurgeon.As I was riding along in the South of France one day I saw a fine pair of birds overhead. What more can be imagined?(C. "He who ascended is the same also who descended; therefore, God hath highly exalted Him." THE PRACTICAL RESULT OF THIS MENSURATION. H. (d)Boundless love, in length exceeding our length of sin, suffering, backsliding, age, or temptation. How often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? If men can get you within range they mean no good to you. The higher air is the fit dominion for eagles, up above the smoke and clouds. (1) We must love Him ourselves, if we would measure Christ's love. )Among the heights of Divine loveC. THE PRACTICAL RESULT OF THIS MENSURATION. Yes, and there was a man below with a gun, wishful to get a nearer acquaintance with the eagles, but they did not come down to oblige him. He stoops, and becomes incarnate; endures our sorrows; bears our sins; and suffers our shame and death. Filled with all the fulness of God. you cannot have gone too deep for Christ's love to reach you. )The knowledge of our ignoranceC. That is the measure of the depth of the love of Christ. Keep there! Incomprehensible. And the law that He laid down for His servant is the law that binds Himself. H. Filled with all the fulness of God. Filled with God. 3. The more a man knows, he comes at more points into contact with the unknown.(C. Filled with all the fulness of God. The Dead Alive by Grace: A Beautiful Workmanship from Ephesians 2:8–10 Long suffering, forgiveness, faithfulness, patience, immutability. Denomination: Foursquare It all comes because this heaven-descended Christ has come down the long staircase of Incarnation, and has brought with Him into the clouds and oppressions of our terrestrial atmosphere a germ of life which He has planted in the heart of the race, there to spread forever. Keep up in the higher element, resting in Jesus Christ, and do not come down to find a perch for yourself among the trees of philosophy.(C. 1-27-57 10:50 a.m. You are sharing in the services of the First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas. What more can be imagined?(C. Ephesians 3:14-21 The Apostle Paul does not propose that the new convert should at once be able to measure the breadth and length and depth and height of the love of Christ; he knows that this is not within the range of his infant mind; for the newborn spirit has a time of growth to go through before it can enter into the deep things of God. Be filled. (c) Where is the measure for all this? The more a man knows, he comes at more points into contact with the unknown.(C. (a)As developed in present privilege, as one with Jesus. The length of this love reaches from eternity to eternity (Jeremiah 31:3; Jeremiah 32:40). Immense. what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; not of God himself, who is incomprehensible by finite minds, and is not to be found out to perfection; see ( Job 11:7-9 ) but … )Among the heights of Divine loveC. "That ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend the breadth and length of the love of Christ." His glory, holiness, greatness, Deity, make up the other. Yes, and there was a man below with a gun, wishful to get a nearer acquaintance with the eagles, but they did not come down to oblige him. We carry the instruments of our saintly art, and the object of our devout contemplation within ourselves. Keep there, eagles. Filled with all the fulness of God. 4. He stoops, and becomes incarnate; endures our sorrows; bears our sins; and suffers our shame and death. Here are words full of mystery, worthy to be pondered.1. Keep up, Christian. You may measure the breadth and length of a thing at a great distance, but you cannot very well measure its depth without drawing near to it. Filled with all the fulness of God. Our weakness, meanness, sinfulness, despair, make one factor of the measurement. Our weakness, meanness, sinfulness, despair, make one factor of the measurement. He desired that their spiritual faculties might be strengthened, for he prays that they might be "strengthened with might by the Spirit in the inner man." We are to be strengthened in the inner man by the Spirit of God; and who can strengthen as He strengthens? (b)As to be revealed in future glory. H. Spurgeon.The more we know the more are we conscious of our ignorance of that which is unknown, or, as Dr. Chalmers used to put it in his class — borrowing an illustration from his favourite mathematics — "The wider the diameter of light, the greater is the circumference of darkness." Apr 2, 2020. Let us meditate upon —(a)Eternal love in the fountain. I know a certain school of Christians who have need to study this point, for they have a very narrow idea of the Lord's loving kindness. 1. Filled with all the fulness of God. They climb the steps of the door of science, and then they are introduced to her temple. (c)As never to be fully comprehended throughout the ages.III. H. Spurgeon.The more we know the more are we conscious of our ignorance of that which is unknown, or, as Dr. Chalmers used to put it in his class — borrowing an illustration from his favourite mathematics — "The wider the diameter of light, the greater is the circumference of darkness." The driver called out in the French tongue, "Eagles." you cannot have sinned too foully for forgiveness. If men can get you within range they mean no good to you. 2. (4) The height. Ephesians 3:18–19 The size of God’s plan. A good tutor not only wishes his scholar may have a disciplined mind able to grapple with the subject, but he endeavours to keep the subject always before him; for in order to attain to any proficiency in a science the mind must be abstracted from all other thoughts, and continually exercised with the chosen theme. THE PRACTICAL RESULT OF THIS MENSURATION. You will learn to do business upon the greater waters of the Redeemer's infinite love to His people, as you sail upon the stream of your love to Him. Look back, and back, and back, and you shall not see its commencement! "(b)Covering hosts of iniquities. From what depths has He sought to rescue His wayward, erring children. The schoolmaster knows that the boy's mind must be strengthened, that his understanding must be exercised, his discernment must be developed, and his memory must be rendered capacious before he may enter upon superior studies; and the apostle knows that our spiritual faculties must undergo the same kind of development; that our faith, for instance, must be unwavering, that our love must become fervent, that our hope must be bright, that our joy must be increased, and then, but not till then, we shall be able to comprehend the length and breadth of love Divine. Our weakness, meanness, sinfulness, despair, make one factor of the measurement. (a)As developed in present privilege, as one with Jesus. Our weakness, meanness, sinfulness, despair, make one factor of the measurement. How far is it from the Throne of the Universe to the manger at Bethlehem, and the Cross at Calvary, and the sepulchre in the garden? (ESV). Keep there, eagles. 1. As the lark soars and sings, and soars and sings, so shall we; but not as the lark, which soars aloft, but ever comes back to earth. Whatever may be the case in regard of the physical life, that is absolutely true in the case of spiritual life. )Among the heights of Divine loveC. Ephesians … He pointed his rifle at them, but his shots did not reach half way, for the royal birds kept above. Then there was a love before the giving of His Son. He desired that the object of study may be evermore before them: "that Christ may dwell," etc. Let’s pray to God, and thank him for loving us, and taking care of us as his favorite things. "That ye might be filled with all the fulness of God." Broad as the race, and curtaining it over as some great tent may enclose on a festal day a whole tribe, the breadth of Christ's love is the breadth of humanity. Filled with God. That they might depend upon it (James 1:17). (3) The depth. Coeval then with Deity itself is the love of Deity towards its chosen ones. H. Spurgeon.The more we know the more are we conscious of our ignorance of that which is unknown, or, as Dr. Chalmers used to put it in his class — borrowing an illustration from his favourite mathematics — "The wider the diameter of light, the greater is the circumference of darkness." "Preach the gospel to every creature. It necessitates a view from all sides of the subject. The apostle acts upon the same method. He pointed his rifle at them, but his shots did not reach half way, for the royal birds kept above. (b)As to be revealed in future glory. But he would be reminded that "God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son." 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