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The love of Christ in its sweetness, its fulness, its greatness, its
faithfulness, passeth all human comprehension. Where shall language be found
which shall describe his matchless, his unparalleled love towards the children
of men? It is so vast and boundless that, as the swallow but skimmeth the water,
and diveth not into its depths, so all descriptive words but touch the surface,
while depths immeasurable lie beneath. Well might the poet say,
"O love, thou fathomless abyss!"
for this love of Christ is indeed measureless and fathomless; none can attain
unto it. Before we can have any right idea of the love of Jesus, we must
understand his previous glory in its height of majesty, and his incarnation upon
the earth in all its depths of shame. But who can tell us the majesty of Christ?
When he was enthroned in the highest heavens he was very God of very God; by him
were the heavens made, and all the hosts thereof. His own almighty arm upheld
the spheres; the praises of cherubim and seraphim perpetually surrounded him;
the full chorus of the hallelujahs of the universe unceasingly flowed to the
foot of his throne: he reigned supreme above all his creatures, God over all,
blessed for ever. Who can tell his height of glory then? And who, on the other
hand, can tell how low he descended? To be a man was something, to be a man of
sorrows was far more; to bleed, and die, and suffer, these were much for him who
was the Son of God; but to suffer such unparalleled agony-to endure a death of
shame and desertion by his Father, this is a depth of condescending love which
the most inspired mind must utterly fail to fathom. Herein is love! and truly it
is love that "passeth knowledge. " O let this love fill our hearts with adoring
gratitude, and lead us to practical manifestations of its power.
"The love of Christ which passeth knowledge." -
Ephesians 3:19
See Also:
Daily Devotional: Today With Jesus
Daily Devotional: My Utmost for His Highest
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