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Christ is All
"CHRIST IS
ALL!"
Colossians 3:11
Never were three words spoken which are more precious,
and at the same time more profound than these three blessed words of the
Apostle Paul - "CHRIST IS ALL." Who can tell out the depth of
their meaning?
CHRIST IS ALL WE NEED. We are sin - Christ is
righteousness. We are filthiness - Christ is cleansing. We are naked - Christ
is clothing. We are ignorance - Christ is wisdom. We are guilty - Christ is
pardon. We are blind - Christ is healing. We are dead - Christ is life.
Whatever there is that a poor, guilty sinner needs, it is found in Christ.
CHRIST IS ALL BEFORE GOD. It has pleased the
Father to put all the blessings of grace in his Son. Christ is the fulness of
grace and glory. There is nothing that God will accept, except his Son. Christ
is all God will accept for both the justification and the sanctification of his
people. We must be washed in his blood, or we cannot be justified. We must be
clothed in his righteousness, or we cannot be accepted before God. That
righteousness which God imputed to us in justification is the righteousness of
Christ alone. And the righteousness which God imparted to us in regeneration
(the beginning of sanctification) is the righteousness of Christ. And the only
righteousness that God will accept in the day of judgment
is the perfect righteousness of Christ.
CHRIST IS ALL TO ALL HIS
PEOPLE. Unto them that believe, He is precious. He is all
that we desire. If I have Christ, I have enough. Christ is all to
be trusted, loved, worshipped, served, and honored. Christ is all our hope, all
our joy, all our peace, all our assurance, and all our comfort. Christ is all
in life, all in death, and all in eternity. Yes, in heaven, Christ shall be
all. He shall be all our beauty, all our glory, and all our reward.
IS CHRIST ALL TOO YOU?
If he is not all, he will be nothing at all. If you would have him as your all,
you must trust him alone, for all things. This is F-A-I-T-H - Forsaking All
I Take Him.
Other refuge have I none
Hangs my helpless soul on Thee;
Leave, ah, leave me not alone,
Still support and comfort me!