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. Long suffering, forgiveness, faithfulness, patience, immutability. Ephesians 6:4 – The Spirit-Filled Family: Parents. (b)As to be revealed in future glory. Denomination: Foursquare "I will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. Spurgeon. H. "That ye might be filled with all the fulness of God." Election and the covenant. There is another measure of the length of the love of Christ. 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, ( A) to grasp how wide and long and high and deep. Look forward, and forward, and forward, and you shall never see the termination of it, for it is also "to everlasting." What more can be imagined?(C. (d)Boundless love, in length exceeding our length of sin, suffering, backsliding, age, or temptation. Oh the breadth, the length, the depth, the height! (Ephesians 6:12) How to Meet the Enemy (Ephesians 6:14-17) What If (Ephesians 6:18-20) Raising PG Kids in an X-Rated World (Ephesians 6:4) Standing in the Evil Day (Ephesians 6:13) )Among the heights of Divine loveC. Keep up, Christian. What more can be imagined?(C. (Ephesians 5:18) Saints and Sinners (Ephesians 5:1-7) Knocking Holes in the Darkness (Ephesians 5:8-14) Jesus On the Job (Ephesians 6:5-9) Who is the Real Enemy? (4) The height. Spurgeon. Through the whole of your journey, however long continued it may be, you shall find His love with you. What must this be?4. )LinksEphesians 3:18 NIVEphesians 3:18 NLTEphesians 3:18 ESVEphesians 3:18 NASBEphesians 3:18 KJVEphesians 3:18 Bible AppsEphesians 3:18 ParallelEphesians 3:18 Biblia ParalelaEphesians 3:18 Chinese BibleEphesians 3:18 French BibleEphesians 3:18 German BibleEphesians 3:18 CommentariesBible Hub, (c)As never to be fully comprehended throughout the ages.III. When He was here on earth it may have been sent down the generations in some vague, pale way, as the shadowy ghost of love may rise in the heart of a great statesman or philanthropist for generations yet unborn, which he dimly sees will be affected by his sacrifice and service. (3) The depth. H. If men can get you within range they mean no good to you. (b)As to be revealed in future glory. What more can be imagined?(C. Look back, and back, and back, and you shall not see its commencement! (3) The depth. Be filled. A woman once approached the famous preacher, G. Campbell Morgan, after he spoke and asked, Do you think we should pray for even the little things in our lives, or just for the big things? According to the text, we have a solid body to deal with, for we are to measure its breadth and length, and depth, and height. A well known modern scientist has hazarded the speculation that the origin of life on this planet has been the falling upon it of the fragment of a meteor or an aerolite, from some other system, with a speck of organic life upon it, from which all has developed. 3. Scripture: Jeremiah 31:3, Psalms 103:17, Ephesians 3:17-18, Romans 5:8. And there is another way to measure it. Spurgeon. 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." (a)As developed in present privilege, as one with Jesus. What exaltation!3. "I have loved thee with an everlasting love." Filled with all the fulness of God. Spurgeon. "That ye might be filled with all the fulness of God." The Governed Life. (b) Stoop of love personified in Christ. Keep there, eagles. )Among the heights of Divine loveC. Oh, how low has God come with that wondrous love of His! But we do not call that love. Long suffering, forgiveness, faithfulness, patience, immutability. This experience, says Dr. Lloyd-Jones, is not something that only the greatest Christians can experience, nor is it reserved to preachers and pastors. )LinksEphesians 3:18 NIVEphesians 3:18 NLTEphesians 3:18 ESVEphesians 3:18 NASBEphesians 3:18 KJVEphesians 3:18 Bible AppsEphesians 3:18 ParallelEphesians 3:18 Biblia ParalelaEphesians 3:18 Chinese BibleEphesians 3:18 French BibleEphesians 3:18 German BibleEphesians 3:18 CommentariesBible Hub, (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." In addition to the MLJ Trust’s collection of 1,600 of these sermons in audio format, most of these great sermon series are available in book form (including a 14 volume collection of the Romans sermons), as are other series such as "Spiritual Depression", "Studies in the Sermon on the Mount" and "Great Biblical Doctrines". (c) Where is the measure for all this? )Among the heights of Divine loveC. Here are words full of mystery, worthy to be pondered.1. Immense. Long suffering, forgiveness, faithfulness, patience, immutability. Long suffering, forgiveness, faithfulness, patience, immutability. The biblical view of God’s love is not simply sentimental, but it shows his love as deep and abiding. The more a man knows, he comes at more points into contact with the unknown.(C. (b) Stoop of love personified in Christ. If men can get you within range they mean no good to you. (c)As never to be fully comprehended throughout the ages.III. May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height. He pointed his rifle at them, but his shots did not reach half way, for the royal birds kept above. H. 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. We now come to consider more closely the SCIENCE OF HEAVENLY MENSURATION ITSELF. Sermons.com provides sermon illustrations, sermons, powerpoint and worship resources, and children's sermons & bulletins. Keep up, Christian. Spurgeon. THE PRACTICAL RESULT OF THIS MENSURATION. What exaltation!3. "That ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend the breadth and length of the love of Christ." The "length" may suggest the duration of His love. THE PRACTICAL RESULT OF THIS MENSURATION. "May be able to comprehend with all saints.". What must this be?4. He is high upon the throne of universal empire; and He says, "Father, I will that they also whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am." 18. This love is not only without beginning, but it is without pause. 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. Redemption, calling, perseverance. Spurgeon. Scripture: Ephesians 3:14–21. 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. Spurgeon. )The knowledge of our ignoranceC. What must this be?4. Cross references. 1. 1. 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." You shall be borne up to dwell with Christ in the clouds when the world is in a blaze, and when the judgment is passed you shall be carried by angels' wings up to the seventh heaven where God dwelleth. Filled with all the fulness of God. His principal ministry was at Westminster Chapel, in central London, from 1939-1968, where he delivered multi-year expositions on books of the bible such as Romans, Ephesians and the Gospel of John. It were well to sail across this river and survey its broad surface. "That ye might be filled with all the fulness of God." (ESV). The higher air is the fit dominion for eagles, up above the smoke and clouds. It were well to sail across this river and survey its broad surface. Your Identity: A New Creation from Ephesians 1:1–14. you cannot have gone too deep for Christ's love to reach you. (3) The depth. For surely the love that has stooped to me can never pass by any human soul. Incomprehensible. Keep there! Keep there, eagles. (c)As never to be fully comprehended throughout the ages.III. Keep there! Here are words full of mystery, worthy to be pondered.1. The order of the measurement is the usual order of our own growth in grace. "All manner of sin. "As with the 1st century church for whom this letter was written, we need strengthening, and a vision of what it means to be filled for the fullness of God (which is Christ himself), so that we can recognize where the glory of God is present." Keep there! Apr 2, 2020. Our weakness, meanness, sinfulness, despair, make one factor of the measurement. Having the love of Jesus in you, possessed with love to Christ, you will be practised in the exercise of love, and so will understand the love which filled the Saviour. 2. Ephesians 3:18. Here are words full of mystery, worthy to be pondered.1. Shall the infinite thus bow itself to man? FOR WHAT PURPOSE HE EXPRESSES THIS DESIRE. 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." 1-3 – The Spirit-Filled Family: Children. 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. Redemption, calling, perseverance. (4) The height. When lads go to school they are not at first put to study algebra, nor are they sent out to make a trigonometrical survey of a county. Be filled. Eternal. H. H. 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. 3. Infinite. 2. Incomprehensible. (c)As never to be fully comprehended throughout the ages.III. And the law that He laid down for His servant is the law that binds Himself. )The knowledge of our ignoranceC. We all suffer, we all sin, we all hunger, we all aspire; and, blessed be God! Filled with God. 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. Ephesians 3:18. )Among the heights of Divine loveC. by Bernie Bischoff. Filled with God. What great things man can hold!2. H. "That ye might be filled with all the fulness of God." Keep up, Christian. John Piper Sep 29, 1985 10 Shares Sermon. Love, the Root and Foundation of Spiritual Knowledge, A Prayer on Behalf of the Ephesian Christians, Paul's Prayer for the Ephesian Christians, The Christian Brotherhood - Paul's Second Prayer, The Christian Temple: its Material and Magnitude, Love, The Root And Foundation Of Spiritual Knowledge. If men can get you within range they mean no good to you. But Christ's love is deep though it be wide, and suffers no diminution because it is shared amongst a multitude. Keep up, Christian. 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. O sinner! )LinksEphesians 3:18 NIVEphesians 3:18 NLTEphesians 3:18 ESVEphesians 3:18 NASBEphesians 3:18 KJVEphesians 3:18 Bible AppsEphesians 3:18 ParallelEphesians 3:18 Biblia ParalelaEphesians 3:18 Chinese BibleEphesians 3:18 French BibleEphesians 3:18 German BibleEphesians 3:18 CommentariesBible Hub. Filled with God. (c)Endless love in endurance. (b) Stoop of love personified in Christ. But we have to believe, rising to the full height of the Christian conception of the nature and person of Christ, that when He was here on earth the Divine that dwelt in Him so informed and inspired the human as that the love of His man's heart was able to grasp the whole, and to separate the individuals that should make up the race till the end of time; so as that you and I, looking back over all the centuries, and asking ourselves what is the length of the love of Christ, can say, "It stretches over all the years, and it reached then as it reaches now to touch me, upon whom the ends of the earth have come." "Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom." We wonder that God should love us at all. (3) The depth. Howsoever far may be the distance from that loftiness of co-equal Divinity in the bosom of the Father, and radiant with glory, to the lowliness of the form of a servant, and the sorrows, limitations, rejections, pains and final death — that is the measure of the depth of Christ's love. That’s a lot of love! WHAT, THEN, IS THE BREADTH OF THAT LOVE? He pointed his rifle at them, but his shots did not reach half way, for the royal birds kept above. Election and the covenant. Keep up, Christian. His glory, holiness, greatness, Deity, make up the other. "Surely," saith he, "it began here." IV. 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." 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. (c)As never to be fully comprehended throughout the ages.III. )Among the heights of Divine loveC. The biblical view of God’s love is not simply sentimental, but it shows his love as deep and abiding. If he means him to map out a country, he sets him first to make a plan of a neighbouring field or a farm. 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." Spurgeon. The breadth is seen in reaching out Divine mercy to sinners who are far off from God (Isaiah 65:1; Isaiah 45:22). What must this be?4. H. Spurgeon.As I was riding along in the South of France one day I saw a fine pair of birds overhead. THE PRACTICAL RESULT OF THIS MENSURATION. Our weakness, meanness, sinfulness, despair, make one factor of the measurement. 1. 3. That they might depend upon it (James 1:17). God did love us in His Son long before the world began. There are no step-children in His great family, and none of them receive a more grudging or a less ample share of His love and goodness than every other. 3. Filled with all the fulness of God. H. The way to measure the height is to begin at the Cross and the foul abysses of evil, and go up to the Throne. (3) The depth. 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.As I was riding along in the South of France one day I saw a fine pair of birds overhead. 1. 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. If you will kindly refer to the text you will see what this previous education is which the apostle desired for the saints. He pointed his rifle at them, but his shots did not reach half way, for the royal birds kept above. )The knowledge of our ignoranceC. (3) The depth. H. Filled with all the fulness of God. Spurgeon. Incomprehensible. Keep up, Christian. )The knowledge of our ignoranceC. The anatomist must be bound to nerves, and bones, and blood vessels, as the galley slave is bound to the oar, or he will never master his subject, The botanist must be enamoured of every flower, and wedded to every plant, or the fields will utterly bake him. The higher air is the fit dominion for eagles, up above the smoke and clouds. We found that the way to measure the depth was to begin at the Throne, and go down to the Cross, and to the foul abysses of evil. 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. The astronomer cannot always see the stars because they are far away, and outside of him; but our star shines in the heaven of our hearts evermore. It includes a coming near to the object of our study. Far More Than You Think. Necessary Revelation from Ephesians 1:15–23. It is never so with the love of Christ: it is tong, and without a break from beginning to end; it is a chain without a single broken or feeble link. Long suffering, forgiveness, faithfulness, patience, immutability. )Among the heights of Divine loveC. Our weakness, meanness, sinfulness, despair, make one factor of the measurement. 2. What exaltation!3. )LinksEphesians 3:18 NIVEphesians 3:18 NLTEphesians 3:18 ESVEphesians 3:18 NASBEphesians 3:18 KJVEphesians 3:18 Bible AppsEphesians 3:18 ParallelEphesians 3:18 Biblia ParalelaEphesians 3:18 Chinese BibleEphesians 3:18 French BibleEphesians 3:18 German BibleEphesians 3:18 CommentariesBible Hub, (a)As developed in present privilege, as one with Jesus. (2) The length. 1. The more a man knows, he comes at more points into contact with the unknown.(C. Keep there! 1. Filled with all the fulness of God. H. But all believers should experience the depth and breadth of God’s love for them in Christ Jesus. Keep there! H. A universal philanthropy is a passionless sentiment. )The knowledge of our ignoranceC. Filled with the fulness of God. 2. (2) We must, by experience of His love, be confirmed in our own love to Him, or we cannot measure His love. Incomprehensible. Keep up, Christian. Redemption, calling, perseverance. )Among the heights of Divine loveC. Filled with the fulness of God. The love of Jesus knows nothing of suspended animation. He desired that the object of study may be evermore before them: "that Christ may dwell," etc. (4) The height. What more can be imagined?(C. Here are words full of mystery, worthy to be pondered.1. What great things man can hold! It is this love that is a part of his eternal nature as God. Here are words full of mystery, worthy to be pondered. H. That is the depth of the love of Christ. (4) The height. 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." H. He would have their spiritual faculties vigorous. View the depth of that love in receiving such sinful creatures into His embrace! 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. Infinite. "(c)Compassing all needs, cares, etc. The first object of the Christian's knowledge should be the breadth of the Saviour's love. Depth and height, as I said at the beginning of these remarks, are but two ways of expressing the same dimension; the one we begin at the top and measure down, the other we begin at the bottom and measure up. THE PRACTICAL RESULT OF THIS MENSURATION. If men can get you within range they mean no good to you. Filled with God. II. (c)As never to be fully comprehended throughout the ages.III. 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. He therefore begins with the elementary information, and when they have learned simpler matters they are ready for the more difficult studies. Breadth and length before depth and height. Filled with the fulness of God. 2. Redemption, calling, perseverance. Our human affections are too often like the estuary of some great stream which runs deep and mighty as long as it is held within narrow banks, but as soon as it widens becomes slow, and powerless, and shallow. This sermon is part of a series called Series on Ephesians and has been entitled 'The Dimensions of God's Love' - Ephesians 3:18 The botanist must find his flowers in their seasons, but our plant of renown blooms in our souls all the year round. (c)Endless love in endurance. H. Then again, WHAT IS THE DEPTH OF THAT LOVE? H. Spurgeon.As I was riding along in the South of France one day I saw a fine pair of birds overhead. In Ephesians 3:16-17, Paul prayed that we would do what we cannot do, in Ephesians 3:18-19 he prays that we will know what we cannot know! Two expressions are used: — "rooted," like a living tree which lays hold upon the soil, twists itself round the rocks, and cannot be upturned — "grounded," like a building which has been settled, as a whole, and will never show any cracks or flaws in the future through failures in the foundation. The schoolmaster knows that they must have a rudimentary knowledge of arithmetic, or else to teach them algebra would be waste of time, and that they must have some acquaintance with common geometry, or it would be absurd to instruct them in surveying. 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. We wonder that God should love us at all. Missions Week. You will never find a man preeminent in astronomy unless astronomy has become the lord of mind, and holds a sway over his mind even in his dreams. The more a man knows, he comes at more points into contact with the unknown.(C. How deep is the love of Christ? Election and the covenant. Keep there, eagles. 4. If, for instance, he means him to understand the surveying of estates, he bids him measure a field containing an acre or two. We are to be strengthened in the inner man by the Spirit of God; and who can strengthen as He strengthens? That is the measure of the depth of the love of Christ. )LinksEphesians 3:18 NIVEphesians 3:18 NLTEphesians 3:18 ESVEphesians 3:18 NASBEphesians 3:18 KJVEphesians 3:18 Bible AppsEphesians 3:18 ParallelEphesians 3:18 Biblia ParalelaEphesians 3:18 Chinese BibleEphesians 3:18 French BibleEphesians 3:18 German BibleEphesians 3:18 CommentariesBible Hub, (c)Endless love in endurance. Ephesians 3:18-19. Keep there, eagles. (c)As never to be fully comprehended throughout the ages.III. He is chained because he simply refuses to be quiet about Jesus Christ. (c) Where is the measure for all this? But thats not enough, He is able to do far more abundantly beyond what we ask. H. Keep there! (b)Ceaseless love in the flow. But this loving Christ goes down, down, down into the thickest, most pestilential atmosphere, reeking with sin and corruption, and stretches out a rescuing hand to the most abject and undermost of all the victims. May be able to comprehend with all saints. That they might exhibit the effects of it in its constraining influence and constant peace (Romans 5:1-5). The next object of study is the length of Christ's love. Our weakness, meanness, sinfulness, despair, make one factor of the measurement. It is not a thing of today, suddenly conceived, and that may be suddenly laid aside; it is from eternity, and had its birth before the foundations of the earth were laid. THE PRACTICAL RESULT OF THIS MENSURATION. This is the pastor bringing the 11:00 o’clock morning message entitled Love, God’s Love in Four Dimensions; and it is a text in the third chapter of the Book of Ephesians and the eighteenth verse. Devotionals about Ephesians 3:18 . The higher air is the fit dominion for eagles, up above the smoke and clouds. We have a right to say, "He loves all, therefore He loves me." He would say, "Surely it begins here!" III. What must this be?4. )LinksEphesians 3:18 NIVEphesians 3:18 NLTEphesians 3:18 ESVEphesians 3:18 NASBEphesians 3:18 KJVEphesians 3:18 Bible AppsEphesians 3:18 ParallelEphesians 3:18 Biblia ParalelaEphesians 3:18 Chinese BibleEphesians 3:18 French BibleEphesians 3:18 German BibleEphesians 3:18 CommentariesBible Hub, (d)Conferring boundless boons for this life and worlds to come. In his dignified British manner he replied, Madam, can you think of anything in your life that is big to God? It is very fully described in three parts. H. Spurgeon.As I was riding along in the South of France one day I saw a fine pair of birds overhead. H. Keep there! Keep there, eagles. His glory, holiness, greatness, Deity, make up the other. Filled with the fulness of God. The driver called out in the French tongue, "Eagles." Every gracious soul ought to pray for such a measure of grace as may fit his capacity, None are so full, but they may... 3. Eternal. Corona Cannot Prevail Against Her. 4. Devotionals containing Ephesians 3:18 . Be filled. As a scholar carries in his pocket a small edition of his favourite classic, so do we carry Christ in our hearts; what if I say we bear about with us a heart edition of the Liber Crucis, the Book of the Cross. Spurgeon. What is the length of the love of Christ? And we have a right to say, "He loves me, therefore He loves all." THE PRACTICAL RESULT OF THIS MENSURATION. The Dead Alive by Grace: A Beautiful Workmanship from Ephesians 2:8–10 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? (b)As to be revealed in future glory. (d)Boundless love, in length exceeding our length of sin, suffering, backsliding, age, or temptation. 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." Jon Bloom Mar 24, 2017 1.5K Shares Article. H. That they might comprehend the perpetuity of it (John 13:1; Psalm 89:33). He stoops, and becomes incarnate; endures our sorrows; bears our sins; and suffers our shame and death. It were well to sail across this river and survey its broad surface. (d)Boundless love, in length exceeding our length of sin, suffering, backsliding, age, or temptation. H. Spurgeon.As I was riding along in the South of France one day I saw a fine pair of birds overhead. Ephesians 3:18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height. The apostle acts upon the same method. What is the breadth of the love of Christ? Keep there, eagles. What more can be imagined?(C. Ephesians Sermon Series Outline. What condescension is this which allows the sacred heart to be fathomed like a sea, and to be measured as a field! Infinite. (a)As developed in present privilege, as one with Jesus. And this is the height of His love, that it bears us up, if we will, up and up to sit upon that throne where He Himself is enthroned. (b)As to be revealed in future glory. The length of this love reaches from eternity to eternity (Jeremiah 31:3; Jeremiah 32:40). Paul writes (3:18-19), that we may be able to comprehend “what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge….” It is a deliberate paradox. It were well to sail across this river and survey its broad surface. 4. 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