For this purpose he made all things: that he might be glorified as the living, covenant God in the revelation of his covenant with his people so that they taste, understand, know, and are conformed in their whole beings and lives to his covenant. To know God is life eternal and the purpose of all things. They are with one another, and they are in one another: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. In himself his fullness consists in the fullness of his covenant life among the three persons of the Trinity. He is perfection, and he is the implication of all perfection. As the only good God, he is absolutely consecrated to his glory as God. There is no evil in him or associated with him, and no evil proceeds from him. In Christ dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. Gracious salvation! You are perfect in Christ, and in him you are already in heaven. Colossians 2:20–23īeloved brethren, you are dead with Christ! Yes, you are crucified, dead, and buried with him!īeing dead in your trespasses and sins, you have been quickened together with Christ you sit now in heavenly places your conversation is in heaven and your life is hid with him in heaven. Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, (touch not taste not handle not which all are to perish with the using ) after the commandments and doctrines of men? Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
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