col 03v11 Christ is All

"CHRIST IS ALL!"

Colossians 3:11

Never were three words spoken which are more precious, and at the same time more profound than these three blessed words of the Apostle Paul - "CHRIST IS ALL." Who can tell out the depth of their meaning?

CHRIST IS ALL WE NEED. We are sin - Christ is righteousness. We are filthiness - Christ is cleansing. We are naked - Christ is clothing. We are ignorance - Christ is wisdom. We are guilty - Christ is pardon. We are blind - Christ is healing. We are dead - Christ is life. Whatever there is that a poor, guilty sinner needs, it is found in Christ.

CHRIST IS ALL BEFORE GOD. It has pleased the Father to put all the blessings of grace in his Son. Christ is the fulness of grace and glory. There is nothing that God will accept, except his Son. Christ is all God will accept for both the justification and the sanctification of his people. We must be washed in his blood, or we cannot be justified. We must be clothed in his righteousness, or we cannot be accepted before God. That righteousness which God imputed to us in justification is the righteousness of Christ alone. And the righteousness which God imparted to us in regeneration (the beginning of sanctification) is the righteousness of Christ. And the only righteousness that God will accept in the day of judgment is the perfect righteousness of Christ.

CHRIST IS ALL TO ALL HIS PEOPLE. Unto them that believe, He is precious. He is all that we desire. If I have Christ, I have enough. Christ is all to be trusted, loved, worshipped, served, and honored. Christ is all our hope, all our joy, all our peace, all our assurance, and all our comfort. Christ is all in life, all in death, and all in eternity. Yes, in heaven, Christ shall be all. He shall be all our beauty, all our glory, and all our reward.

IS CHRIST ALL TOO YOU? If he is not all, he will be nothing at all. If you would have him as your all, you must trust him alone, for all things. This is F-A-I-T-H - Forsaking All I Take Him.

Other refuge have I none

Hangs my helpless soul on Thee;

Leave, ah, leave me not alone,

Still support and comfort me!