The real Jesus Christ draws people to Himself and is continually intriguing.
The personage and love of Jesus is unlimited in width and length and depth and height. Jesus is multi – dimensionally infinite.
“that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” (Eph 3:17-19 NKJV)
Why are so many people not drawn to church ?
Have so many of our churches become so shallow and uninteresting?
Perhaps we have adopted the world’s shallow 2 dimensional philosophy of the heart and mind. A mind devoid of a transformed heart is shallow by comparison with the renewed heart and mind.
To truly know Christ is to experience love that transcends that which the mind is even able to comprehend.
If the church can reflect Jesus Christ and God’s love to the world, people will be drawn to worship Christ as they were drawn to Him during His earthly ministry.
The transformed mind and heart will come to know Christ and His unlimited personage, divine personality, and infinite love.
Then we will be able to introduce Jesus to others.
To know Him and experience Him we must be rooted and grounded in love with Him through faith in Him.
“For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” (Rom 10:10 NKJV)
And then we must continually be, “grounded in love, “”that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” This is the path to transformation and then to ongoing discipleship.
Father God please help us know the width and length and depth and height of Jesus and His love so we can better share Him with everyone.
November 20, 2014
Christ Centered Teaching
2 responses to “To Know the Love of Christ – A Sure Cure for Two Dimensional Religion”
Kelly Grace
January 27th, 2015 at 08:05
Thanks for this inspiring reminder of His incredible love.
Ephesians 3:14-21 is one of my favorite passages for meditation and prayer. Reading the words I can feel the Spirit minister to my ‘inner being’ adding that strength I need to be able to comprehend the love of Christ and be filled with all the fullness of God.
The church is us—individual believers, and if the church is lacking depth and vitality, could the solution be in our own hands and our own relationship with Jesus? I believed in Christ when I met a woman who let the love and life of Christ live in her and flow through her to others. It was as if God was saying to me, “Hey, would you like to know me the way she does?”
Our lives are suppose to be effective advertisements of what it’s like to know the true and living God, of what it’s like to have a friendship with the most amazing, fascinating person imaginable—Jesus Christ.
You made me ask myself how I’m doing at that.
Christ Centered Teaching
January 27th, 2015 at 20:40
Kelly,
When it comes to being able to convey this love Christ has for us I feel I’m barely scratching the surface. I’m convinced that the fullness of God’s love never can be fully put into words. But we should try.
You are right. The cross of Christ speaks louder, says so much more , and says it more clearly than words can ever express. When we see the cross we see God’s love.
Thanks for dropping by.