Peter Barnes | Ephesians 3:17b-23
SERMON NOTES
Comprehending the Incomprehensible
(Ephesians 3:17b-21)
– Charles Simeon, dying in 1836, was composing four sermons on Ephesians 3:18-19, as ‘the grandest subject I can conceive of’.
1. We must know the love of Christ in order to grow in the love of Christ.
– 3:17b; John 15:9
2. We ought to seek to comprehend the incomprehensible love of Christ.
– 3:18-19; breadth; length (Jer.31:3; John 13:1); height; and depth (Phil.2:7-8)
– D. L. Moody in 1871: ‘I had to ask Him to stay His hand’.
– fullness e.g. everlasting life, holiness
3. God is more than sufficient when we are not.
– 3:20-21; Paul’s ‘super-superlatives’ (F. F. Bruce)
– Thou art coming to a King;/ Large petitions with thee bring’/ For His grace and power are such,/ None can ever ask too much (John Newton).