The Fullness Of The Blessings Of The Gospel
“And
I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of
the blessing of the gospel of Christ.” -Romans
15:29 [KJV]
The apostle Paul was an ambitious, zealous missionary and preacher of the gospel of Christ. He had a desire not only to travel and preach the gospel to those in Rome, but also to travel into Spain and preach the gospel there (Romans 15:24, 28). He assured the believers in Rome that on his way to Spain he would stop in Rome also and minister the gospel to them personally and fully (Romans 1:10-15; 15:19).
But what Paul says by the power of Holy Spirit inspiration that really caught and fixed my attention in the way and how he says that he will come to Rome, “I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.” That is also true of every believer in how we come before God right now; in the fullness of all spiritual blessings in Christ (Ephesians 1:3; I Corinthians 1:30).
Consider what the scriptures teach about our fullness in Christ. “And of His fulness have all we received, and grace for grace” (John 1:16). “For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in Him, which is the head of all principality and power” (Colossians 2:9-10). “Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen” (Jude 1:24).
What good news the gospel proclaims unto us right now, even though by nature we are empty, vain, weak, guilty and sinful. Even so in Christ we stand in Him in the fullness of the blessings of the gospel of Christ. That is the only way that I want to appear before the holy throne of God, in the Lord Jesus Christ (Philippians 3:7-9). That is the promise of God in the gospel; “Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as He is, so are we in this world” (I John 4:17).
-Gospel
report by preacher Tom Harding
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