The Fullness of God<\/p>\n
For this cause I bow my knees<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(Paul’s prayer) unto the Father<\/strong> of our Lord Jesus Christ,\u00a0Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,\u00a0That he would grant you<\/strong>, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;<\/strong>\u00a0That Christ may dwell<\/strong> in your hearts by faith; that ye<\/strong>, being rooted and grounded in love,\u00a0May be able to comprehend<\/strong> with all saints what\u00a0is\u00a0the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;\u00a0And to know<\/strong> the love of Christ,<\/strong> which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em> Ephesians 3:14-19<\/p>\n The Fullness of Christ<\/p>\n And he gave some<\/strong>, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;\u00a0<\/em>For the perfecting of the saints<\/strong>, for the work of the ministry,<\/strong> for the edifying of the body of Christ:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Till we all come<\/strong> in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:<\/strong>\u00a0 Ephesians 4:11-13<\/em><\/p>\n The Fullness of the Holy Spirit<\/p>\n See then that ye<\/strong> walk circumspectly,<\/strong> not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.\u00a0 Wherefore be ye<\/strong> not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord\u00a0<\/strong>is<\/strong>.<\/strong>\u00a0 And be not drunk with wine,\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 wherein is excess; but be <\/strong><\/em>(being)<\/strong> filled with the Spirit;<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>Ephesians 5:15-18<\/p>\n For in him <\/strong><\/em>(Jesus Christ)<\/strong> dwelleth all\u00a0the fulness\u00a0of the Godhead bodily.\u00a0<\/strong> <\/em>Colossians 2:9<\/p>\n Paul’s prayer: That\u00a0Christ\u00a0may\u00a0dwell\u00a0in\u00a0your\u00a0hearts\u00a0by\u00a0faith;<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Ephesians 3:17a.\u00a0 Faith is a firm persuasion or conviction brought about by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.*<\/em><\/p>\n Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly<\/strong> in all wisdom;<\/strong> <\/em>Colossians 3:16a<\/em><\/p>\n Let<\/em>\u00a0 implies submission and obedience to the word of Christ.<\/em>\u00a0 The word of Christ<\/em> is His doctrine or teaching.\u00a0 It is the written Word<\/strong> of God.<\/strong>\u00a0 Christ nearly always included it is written<\/strong><\/em> in His teaching and instruction.\u00a0 He taught with objective truth (based on fact) and not subjectively (based on feelings).\u00a0 Dwell<\/em> is used as a verb meaning\u00a0the act of<\/strong> providing a home or a residing place for His truth.\u00a0 In you <\/em>describes\u00a0<\/em>where this residing place is.\u00a0 It is\u00a0in our mind and heart.\u00a0\u00a0Richly<\/em>\u00a0describes in one word the quantity and the quality of His Word that we should have within us, compared to anything else within us.<\/p>\n It is difficult to fill a cup with one thing, when the cup is already full of something else.<\/strong><\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Fullness of God For this cause I bow my knees\u00a0(Paul’s prayer) unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,\u00a0Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,\u00a0That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;\u00a0That Christ may … Continue reading The Fullness of God<\/span>