It is gratuitous "Grace for grace"; not purchased or earned but received. Love loves to make a thing loved like itself.IV. The abundance in Jesus Christ is intended —1. His perfect humanity.2. (1)A powerful ministry (1 Corinthians 16:9);(2)The door of the heart (Acts 16:14);(3)The door of the ear (Job 33:16).2. (2) All the strength for victory over vice and infidelity at home. A fulness of the Spirit. I. The mass of professors have their eyes on the future. (Samuel Martin. The Creator and Preserver of all things.2. (3) Every weapon required for the fight, Fulness for teaching, convincing, converting, sanctifying.II. And they all received all that they had.II. In general all is by way of receiving (Colossians 2:6; 1 Corinthians 4:7). A tree of life bearing all manner of fruit? THE FULNESS.1. Others to faith in Old Testament saints and light in New Testament saints. Bridge, M. A.Grace is sometimes taken for —1. Bridge, M. Don't talk about this but set about it.(C. C. Tittman, D. D.I. Come again. We ought to be afraid of stagnation, but never of new experiences or enterprises.3. Surely, then, the saints were empty before. The fulness of omnipotence, omnipresence, wisdom, justice, mercy. 43-44 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. In the very last of the Arctic expeditions, last year or the year before, they found an ammunition chest that Commander Parry had left there fifty years ago, safe under a pile of stones, the provisions inside being perfectly sweet and good and eatable. Christ offers grace for — not grace, you have none, brother sinner; you would never take it — but for sin and its condemnation.(A. (R. Should they not be —1. You stand by a river and watch the flow, the drops of water coming and going to the ocean. EXEGESIS: JOHN 1:1-18. GRACE FROM HIM TO PRODUCE GRACE IN US. Try and obtain more.4. Maclaren, D. D.God cannot give you anything more than He gave you 1,800 years ago. A WORD OF SWEET ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE SINNER. AN ABUNDANCE OF GRACE. A personal reception of Christ Jesus.3. A perpetual fountain, flowing to all eternity, from which all who are willing may continually draw.(C. There is a fulness at all times; a fulness by day and by night; of comfort in affliction, of guidance in prosperity, of every Divine attribute, of wisdom, of power, of love; a fulness which it were impossible to survey, much less to explore.(C. With Him who is Himself ours. So with that most living thing called grace. C. Tittman, D. D.)The fulness of Christ the treasury of the saintsC. A fountain of living water? He who hath lain in the beds of spices will perfume the air through which he walks. Take grace as the favour of God: Both Christ and believers are God's beloved (Matthew 3:17; 2 Samuel 12:25).2. It is a high attainment to prefer the grace of God to earthly honours and emoluments. Now the law is so tempered by the gospel as to seem gospel. "He that spared not His own Son," etc. H. Spurgeon.There is a fulness of atoning efficacy in His blood, for "the blood of Jesus Christ His son cleanseth us from all sin"; of justifying righteousness in His life, for "there is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus"; of Divine prevalence in His plea, for "He is able to save to the uttermost them that come unto God by Him; seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them"; of victory in His death, for through death He destroyed him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; of efficacy in His resurrection from the dead, for by it "We are begotten again to a lively hope"; of triumph in His ascension, for "when He ascended up on high He led captivity captive, and received gifts for men"; of blessings unspeakable, unknown; grace to pardon, regenerate, sanctify, preserve, and perfect. All alike are empty of merit and satisfaction.2. Is sanctification supplanting conversion, and is glorying in tribulation being built upon patience in sorrow? The Author and Dispenser of salvation.II. H. THERE IS IN CHRIST A FULNESS, the greatest abundance of blessings of every description. That all grace is treasured up in Christ Jesus. For privilege: Both are called Sons of God (Hebrews 12:6); Heirs (Hebrews 1:2; Romans 8:17); Elect and precious (1 Peter 2:6; 1 Peter 1:2); Light (John 8:12; Ephesians 5:8).3. Others get their religion partly from self and partly from Christ; but to John's company Christ is all in all. Peter must have a look from Christ before he could repent.3. The real sense is that of exchange; "for" — instead of a new grace coming in the place of the old, and, when that is done with, another fresh from the fulness, and so on until grace becomes glory.II. It was there all the same. If a mother would not let her child eat bread but of her own cutting, or drink water but of her own drawing, what carefulness of her child that would argue. In the human soul, if there were not replenishment, grace for grace, it would soon be empty and dead.2. The discovery that all we receive comes to us by grace.IV. In a few days' time, the good man had another letter by the post, and letters by.the post were rarities in those days; when he opened it there was five pounds again, with just these words, "And more to follow." Is Christ to you a cistern which you have emptied? What a mighty encouragement there is here to come to Jesus Christ and be filled!(W. And of his fulness have all we received. Working time comes to an end, or work goes on, patience comes to prevent discouragement. A beggar holds forth his hand noting his willingness to receive (Job 11:13). A people are in an evil ease when all their heroism is historical. "I have helped you even to old age, but there's still more to follow." Maclaren, D. D.)How grace is receivedA. In the human soul, if there were not replenishment, grace for grace, it would soon be empty and dead.2. All the doing to receive it is an undoing: the soul empties itself to be filled.(C. Gifts;5. It is such a fulness as is in God, for John tells us that Christ is —1. It is gratuitous "Grace for grace"; not purchased or earned but received. Oh, Lord, give us grace to use grace when grace is given." Suppose the colour of the river should change with the day, now black from muddy hills, now yellow as the Tiber, now blue as the Rhone, now crystal as the Tweed, it would be a singular phenomenon; but grace for grace means a change like that. The discovery that all we receive comes to us by grace.IV. Truth represents —(1) Intelligence. 13).II. Looking to help your church and family stay connected to the Word while social distancing? Come again. If so, beware of pride, and of vanity, and of vain-glorying, and of boasting. It is grace that helps us on in grace. H. "You must come to-day," we say, "or you will not see the best of it." If we have received Christ then —1. All that you have received is from fulness. (2) The manifestations of grace under the Old Testament were under a veil; that veil is now removed (2 Corinthians 3:18). John 1:16, CSB: "Indeed, we have all received grace upon grace from his fullness," What does John 1:16 mean? (3) There were many doctrines of grace communicated to the Jews, yet they were so tempered by the law that the very gospel seemed law unto them. H. Let God give me grace to be a preacher, and He will give me grace to discharge the office. All men, in every age, and in every part of the world.4. A fulness of dignity, prerogative, and qualification. H. Spurgeon.There is a story of Rowland Hill, which I have no doubt is true, because it is so characteristic of the man's eccentricity and generosity. C. The woman of the house handed the water to him, and said, "Do you know anything of the water of life?" And so it continued twenty times, the good man being more and more astounded at these letters coming thus by post with always the sentence, "And more to follow." He should put down all his needs on the tablets of his heart, and then present his want book to his God. A vine stripped of fruit? Of this He is always full. We ought to be afraid of stagnation, but never of new experiences or enterprises.3. All alike are empty of merit and satisfaction.2. The reason of this —I. A personal reception of Christ Jesus.3. His perfect obedience secured an everlasting wellspring of merit; and now risen from the dead there is a fulness of prevalence in His intercession, of cleansing power, and of peace, when the Spirit applies the blood to the guilty conscience.3. Raleigh, D. D.I. The fountain of life and light.4. (4) The grace of victory for the grace of preservation in battle. A tree of life bearing all manner of fruit? Spurgeon. THE POSITION OF THE FULNESS IS RICHLY ENCOURAGING TO US IN THE MATTER OF OBTAINING IT. He drank the water, and then said, "Let us pray." In plain language, does grace supersede and supplant grace? Beith, D. D.)Christ's fulness and our reception of itR. He has given to all such grace as they have capacity to receive. "By the grace of God I do." Calvin. So Christ deserves that we should spend the spirit for Him.IV. They do not belong to John's company.3. This will appear —I. Is sanctification supplanting conversion, and is glorying in tribulation being built upon patience in sorrow? III. Bread is united to a man by his eating of it.II. Oh, Lord, give us grace to receive grace. John 15:26).(W. Spurgeon. A. H. There is that in Jesus which —1. The discovery that all we receive comes to us by grace.IV. The TWO PRECIOUS DOCTRINES.1. The Author of human redemption.3. It is grace that helps us on in grace. All, whether Jews or Gentiles, if indeed they would obtain grace and be really found before God, are required (and indeed they can do no other) to fill their little flasks from this well — a well which flows and overflows for ever and ever; they must drink their fill from this fountain-head of living water, springing up into eternal life. Beith, D. D.As the sea is not diminished by the treasures of rain which it yields, and which are dispensed to the earth to fertilise and refresh it, or as the sun is not wasted, that he has imparted light to all past generations of men; so Christ has not been affected in His fulness, though from Him has proceeded all the good that has ever been bestowed on every creature. A fulness of dignity, prerogative, and qualification. Why, then, are we so weak, unfurnished, and unhappy? On such a view, verses 10-12b parallel the career of Jesus (e.g. This may come after much anxiety, or quite gently; but, come as it will, peace is a special grace. You stand by a river and watch the flow, the drops of water coming and going to the ocean. GRACE ANSWERABLE TO GRACE. Raleigh, D. D.I. The mass of professors have their eyes on the future. )Christ's inexhaustible fulnessC. II. Cudworth., Luther.We all receive of His fulness grace for grace, as all the stars in heaven are said to light their candles at the sun's flame. The woman of the house handed the water to him, and said, "Do you know anything of the water of life?" There is an element of sameness in all graces, just as water is water, but in many respects one kind of grace is not like another.3. (1)That all boasting and self-confidence may be taken away (Romans 4:1 Corinthians 4:7). Health may sink, but strength undecaying is in Jesus.(S. CHRISTIANS HAVE RECEIVED OF THIS FULNESS —1. All his skins. (3) An inexhaustible fountain which never can be drained, however great be the number of those who draw from it.4. A perpetual fountain, flowing to all eternity, from which all who are willing may continually draw.(C. Therefore, as the apostle says, "He is all in all."(W. THE CHARACTERISTICS WHICH HIS FIRST FOLLOWERS MOST APPRECIATED WERE TRUTH AND GRACE, AND THESE WERE MANIFESTED IN FULNESS.1. Come again. All that you have received is from fulness. THE INSUFFICIENCY OF NATURE (1 Corinthians 3:5; ver. FROM THIS FULNESS MANY OF US HAVE RECEIVED.1. V. FROM THE POSTURE AND TRUE BEHAVIOUR OF PRAYER. Now the law is so tempered by the gospel as to seem gospel. Take grace as the favour of God: Both Christ and believers are God's beloved (Matthew 3:17; 2 Samuel 12:25).2. H. H. At the same time quiet your fears and call forth your hopes. )The plenteousness of graceDr. all this came through Jesus, the Messiah. )Christ's fulnessA. Truth represents —(1) Intelligence. THE FULNESS.1. He then took up his pack and went away, having preached a powerful sermon in those few words.The fulness of ChristOn a tradesman's table I noticed a book labelled "Want Book." THERE IS IN CHRIST A FULNESS, the greatest abundance of blessings of every description. A DISCRIMINATION OF CHARACTER. There is an element of sameness in all graces, just as water is water, but in many respects one kind of grace is not like another.3. Grace in the believer dies, wastes away, as all living things do, and the faster they live, the faster they die. It was late afternoon when this happened. A fulness of every kind of perfection. You stand by a river and watch the flow, the drops of water coming and going to the ocean. 1. THE SAME SPIRIT IS IN A CHRISTIAN THAT IS IN CHRIST (chap. A personal reception of Christ Jesus.3. John 15:26).(W. And so it continued twenty times, the good man being more and more astounded at these letters coming thus by post with always the sentence, "And more to follow." If God, had put it in an angel we should not feel greatly drawn to Him; but He has placed it where we love to have it, where we feel at home, where we are glad to go often, where we would abide.IV. It is such a fulness as is in God, for John tells us that Christ is —1. When a begger asks you for a penny, and you give him one, he does not ask you for a sixpence; or if you give him a shilling, he would not consider that an argument why you should give him a sovereign. A fulness of every kind of perfection. In the very last of the Arctic expeditions, last year or the year before, they found an ammunition chest that Commander Parry had left there fifty years ago, safe under a pile of stones, the provisions inside being perfectly sweet and good and eatable. Not that he is deprived of his peace, but that becomes secondary. We are warned THAT AS SOON AS WE HAVE DEPARTED FROM CHRIST IT IS VAIN TO SEEK FOR HAPPINESS, because God hath determined that whatever is God's shall reside in Him alone. Acting upon this believers are firm against all temptations, discouragements, afflictions.4. THERE IS IN CHRIST A FULNESS, the greatest abundance of blessings of every description. THE RECEIPTS WE HAVE ALREADY HAD ARE NOT TRIFLES. If so, beware of pride, and of vanity, and of vain-glorying, and of boasting. All the saints have received all of grace out of the fulness of Christ. The keen Sadducee, the exact Pharisee, the learned scribe, the eager Mary, all wonder at the gracious words which proceed out of His mouth. A people are in an evil ease when all their heroism is historical. It is grace that helps us on in grace. In His complex nature He possesses fulness. IN THE DOCTRINES OF SCRIPTURE CONCERNING CHRIST.1. Faith opens these to the impulse of that great sea, and "according to our faith," in the exact measure of our receptivity, does it enter our hearts.(A. Live in it by a grateful memory that will help you; but not so as to get a present living nourishment out of states, and frames, and feelings that are dead and gone. The mass of professors have their eyes on the future. Is sanctification supplanting conversion, and is glorying in tribulation being built upon patience in sorrow? So with that most living thing called grace. This is very necessary, as uniform tranquillity would be injurious. Those two words are used more than forty-five times in John’s Gospel and are expressive of what many consider to be a Don't talk about this but set about it.(C. A fulness of the Spirit. A fountain of living water? Let them sink into the soil. The fulness belongs to Christ personally. Beith, D. D.As the sea is not diminished by the treasures of rain which it yields, and which are dispensed to the earth to fertilise and refresh it, or as the sun is not wasted, that he has imparted light to all past generations of men; so Christ has not been affected in His fulness, though from Him has proceeded all the good that has ever been bestowed on every creature. FROM THE SHORTNESS OF THE MEANS OF GRACE. Take grace as the favour of God: Both Christ and believers are God's beloved (Matthew 3:17; 2 Samuel 12:25).2. Many blessings, such as spiritual illumination, faith, pardon, acceptance, the aids of the Spirit, sanctification, hope, and the happiness begun in this world, and perfected in the world to come.2. AN ABUNDANCE OF GRACE. What you have received is a pledge of what you may receive.V. Try and obtain more.4. FOUR DUTIES. We ought to be afraid of stagnation, but never of new experiences or enterprises.3. 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