John 1:16 And of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace. I. THERE IS IN CHRIST A FULNESS, the greatest abundance of blessings of every description. It is such a fulness as is in God, for John tells us that Christ is — 1. The Creator and Preserver of all things. 2. The Author of human redemption. 3. The fountain of life and light. 4. The Author and Dispenser of salvation. II. CHRISTIANS HAVE RECEIVED OF THIS FULNESS — 1. 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. These many blessings in great abundance, "and in everything have been enriched by Him." III. "ALL HAVE RECEIVED." 1. All men if they were willing; and what is there to hinder all men from receiving them? Even now, and at all times, may not all receive them? All may receive to the utmost extent of their desires. 2. All men, of every class and condition; for different men, according to the variety of their situation and circumstances, stand in need of different blessings; and all may have those blessings which their necessities require. 3. All men, in every age, and in every part of the world. 4. There is a "fulness" of blessings in Christ sufficient for the present and eternal salvation of the whole human race. 5. In Christ there is — (1) An open fountain, to which all have access, from which all may draw, the righteous and the wicked, the joyful and the sorrowful, the living and the dying. (2) A copious fountain, from which all may draw in abundance. (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. C. Tittman, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. |
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