Seattle, April 28, 2005.
53. COMPREHENDING. Literally, to be in possession of a full and comprehensive knowledge of the love of Christ. Arriving at a knowledge of the broadness of that marvelous love of Christ. It is like a vast plain stretching out as far as the eye can see. Leaving one with the impression that there is no limit to its enormity. Its length would be no less of a measurement to its width. There is no length to which the wicked may go that is unreachable and beyond the length of His love to save and redeem. He has paid the price for the greatest most extreme of sinners. To the high and mighty. To the dignitaries of this world the mighty who hold themselves to be above the common people, His love is extended. The depths of His love is spread out to the most degraded of individuals. In manifesting and extending His love He has covered the broad spectrum of humanity. None are beyond the reach of Calvarys love. Eph. 3:18 So great is His love that it is beyond the capability of the unsaved mind to fully understand its greatness. To the redeemed, He would have them know that which is beyond knowledge. That is, the great magnitude of His love. In His love He loved all with an equal compassion and fervor. The knowledge of His love comes by experience and the revelation of the Word. That glorious love is extended to all. Everyone coming to Him may participate in the blessings of His love.
COMPLETELY FILLED. Filled with the Lord to the utmost of ones capacity. It is an utterly amazing thing that the Lord wants to prepare His people to be His temple. It is simply another demonstration of His tremendous love. As astonishing as it is, it is a scriptural fact that He wants complete occupancy of the heart and life of those who would be in the Bride of Christ. Were that a mere assumption it, would still be a reasonable requirement. The church, which is the body of Christ is to be filled with the divine person of Christ who is the fullness of all things. Eph. 1:23 The absolute unity of the body depends entirely on all having one and the same indwelling fullness of Christ. That anointing, that glory is the only element in the universe that can unify the body and cause it to function as one. The destiny of the church is to achieve the fullness of the high calling which is to be found in the Lord Jesus. The good pleasure of the Father was that the fullness of he Godhead find an abiding place in the Lord Jesus Christ. Col. 1:9 To emphasis his statement Paul was to proclaim that,In Him, [that is in Jesus], dwelt all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. Col. 2:9 That places the completed, the grown up, body of Christ in a finished status. No longer growing, no longer in a process of change but having arrived at the place in Christ where Christ Jesus is all in all. Those who are filled with the being of the Almighty are a blessed people. While being possessed of the Lord they are possessing His nature and character. They are the accomplishment of all that the Lord started with Adam and Eve. He will have a perfect last Adam and Bride.
Seattle, April 29, 2005.