How Wide is God's Love?John Bunyan's work, The Saint's Knowledge of Christ's Love (All Loves Excelling), is an exposition of Ephesians 3:18-19. This is a prayer of the apostle Paul that we may know the unknowable love of Christ. That which is incomprehensible (Christ's love) may be understood to some degree as God reveals it to us. He mentions four dimensions of Christ's love: width, length, depth, and height.
How wide is God's love for me? "God is all over, everywhere, spreading his wings, stretching out his goodness to the uttermost bounds, for the good of those who are his people." God's love spreads out wide enough to cover the great expanse of my sin. "Blessed is he whose sin is covered, whose spreading sin is covered by the mercy of God through Christ."
For online works by John Bunyan check out these links: acacia.pair.com; Christian Classics Ethereal Library; johnbunyan.org
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We indeed are blessed by His covering, Psalm 91 "He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty."
Walking with you and hiding together under his wings is what I love about my life with you. xoxox denise
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