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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Completion in Christ

"And the Word became flesh...full of grace and truth."--John 1:14
"For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace."--John1:16.  To get the immediate context we must look at John 1:14-16.  We have received a fullness.  In order to have received a fullness, there must have been an emptiness. Verse 17 of this same chapter tells us that the Law was given through Moses but grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.  The Law was all well and good but there was something missing from it.  Grace was missing from the Law.  The old Law had to be followed perfectly.  There was no room for mistakes under the old Law. Galatians 3 tells us that the Law was a tutor to lead us to Christ so that we may be justified by faith. Read Galatians 3:24-27 to get a better idea of what this means.  We have received a fullness and grace upon grace by Christ's coming, death, burial and resurrection.

Fullness and grace.  We have a chance to receive both since Jesus has come.  Let me ask you, are you feeling empty this morning? Feeling like something is missing? May I encourage you to check your relationship with Christ.  The fullness we get from Christ is not a certain emotion we feel.  Granted sometimes emotions are involved but the fullness we get from Christ is a completion. Christ completed the Law and because He has done so, we have grace.  Christ filled the gap that existed between us and God as a result of our sin (See Isaiah 59:2). Christ has come.  We are now capable of receiving grace. Wondering how to receive that grace and become complete?  Check out Romans 6:1-8 and Galatians 3:24-27 that I gave you earlier or you can also click here for additional study material. Have you already received the grace? Remember Romans 6:1-2.  I leave you with this. Nothing will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! PRAY ABOUT IT! LOVE Y'ALL GOD BLESS! THINK SOULS!    

    

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