"Christ Is All!"
Colossians 3:11
It is not possible for any mortal to
comprehend the full scope of those three
words, but here are ten statements that might help to enlarge our understanding
of them. After you have read this brief article, carefully study each
statement, asking God the Holy Spirit to seal these words to your heart -
"Christ is all!"
1. Christ is all to be known (John 17:3;
Phil.
2. Christ is all to be chosen (Matt.
3. Christ is all to be trusted (John
4. Christ is all to be loved (Lk.14:26).
All other loves must be burned upon this altar, so that nothing and no one
comes between my heart and my Savior.
5. Christ is all to be desired (Isa.
26:8). Seek Christ to the exclusion of all else; and you will find everything
you need in him, supplied from his fulness. 6. Christ is all our joy (Phil. 3:3). If
a person has that which he desires above all else, he rejoices in it, and all
who know Christ rejoice in him.
7. Christ is all to consume our thoughts
(Phil. 4:6-8). If you must think of other things, think not on them. Think on
Christ, and think of all things in the light of the knowledge of him.
8. Christ is all to be followed (John
9. Christ is all in the house of God (Col.
3:11). In preaching, praise and prayer, "Christ is all!" He is all
our beauty, all our attraction, and all our entertainment. All our activities
serve him. All our ordinances remember him and proclaim allegiance to him. 10. Christ is all our hope before God (I
Tim. 1:1). His obedience is the basis of our hope, his coming its fulfilment,
his presence its satisfaction, and his likeness its consummation. "Christ
is All!"
Don Fortner