Maclaren, D. D.Here on the one hand is the boundless ocean of the Divine strength, unfathomable in its depth, full after all draughts, tideless and calm, in all its movements never troubled, in all its repose never stagnating; and on the other side is the empty avidity of our poor, weak natures. When she caught the earliest glimpse of the Irish Sea, the expanse lying out before her eyes, looking like the limitlessness of the ocean in its rush and roll of billows, she exclaimed, as she drew one boundless breath of freshness and glory: "At last, here comes something there is enough of!"(Dr. )If any one is to obtain grace, His fulness must do it: our crumbs and morsels, our tiny drops and bits, they verily will not do it. And so, if I may venture to vulgarise the great theme that I am trying to speak about, God has given us His Son, and in Him all that pertains to life and all that pertains to godliness. All, whether Jews or Gentiles, if indeed they would obtain grace and be really found before God, are required (and indeed they can do no other) to fill their little flasks from this well — a well which flows and overflows for ever and ever; they must drink their fill from this fountain-head of living water, springing up into eternal life. Holiness;4. The Author of human redemption.3. He is the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever, and that being the case, the highest state of revival should be the normal condition of the Church.III. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. Mr. Fletcher modestly replied: — " He was sensible of the Minister's kindness, but he only wanted one thing, which he could not grant him, and that was more grace." (3) The grace of patience for the grace of active strength. If you have received life you can receive it more abundantly. Grace cannot be derived or transmitted from one individual to another.4. )Grace for graceA. Christ was also man.4. Take grace as the favour of God: Both Christ and believers are God's beloved (Matthew 3:17; 2 Samuel 12:25).2. A fulness of every kind of perfection. In Christ is an acquired fulness. He who hath lain in the beds of spices will perfume the air through which he walks. Encourage others to receive Him.(C. Yet what are these but images of the fulness that is in Christ?(J. The supply of fuel to our city in midwinter sometimes fails, not because the coal-fields are exhausted, but because the weather has frozen our rivers, detained our colliers in the Channel, and blocked up our railways. )Christ's fulnessC. God forbid that we should glory save in the fulness of this Jesus Christ. Even now, and at all times, may not all receive them? They do not belong to John's company.3. )Grace preferred to earthly honourJ. 2. The Creator and Preserver of all things.2. If so, beware of pride, and of vanity, and of vain-glorying, and of boasting. That He brought into being all the families of life, in their innumerable and varied forms, has not exhausted His resources.(A. For privilege: Both are called Sons of God (Hebrews 12:6); Heirs (Hebrews 1:2; Romans 8:17); Elect and precious (1 Peter 2:6; 1 Peter 1:2); Light (John 8:12; Ephesians 5:8).3. Not so (see Philippians 2:12). Ask Whatever You Wish. The fountain of life and light.4. The fountain of life and light.4. A fountain of living water? H. Riches may leave you, but in Christ there are riches unsearchable. In plain language, does grace supersede and supplant grace? III. In plain language, does grace supersede and supplant grace? APPLICATION:1. The discovery that all we receive comes to us by grace.IV. All men if they were willing; and what is there to hinder all men from receiving them? )Grace preferred to earthly honourJ. In Christ there is —(1) An open fountain, to which all have access, from which all may draw, the righteous and the wicked, the joyful and the sorrowful, the living and the dying. (3) Without Him we can do nothing, but we can do all things through Him. When the living and incorruptible seed remains within, the Divine instincts of the new nature will guide you to the wisest methods of activity. But we do not see this abundance, objectors say. Bridge, M. A.I. In short, His fulness is without measure or end; therefore draw manfully and without fear, and drink with pleasure and joy! Bread is united to a man by his eating of it. We always inculcate the propriety, on the part of all our people, of living within their incomes; but the child of God cannot live beyond his income in a spiritual sense.IV. All the saints have received all of grace out of the fulness of Christ. What a mighty encouragement there is here to come to Jesus Christ and be filled!(W. All, whether Jews or Gentiles, if indeed they would obtain grace and be really found before God, are required (and indeed they can do no other) to fill their little flasks from this well — a well which flows and overflows for ever and ever; they must drink their fill from this fountain-head of living water, springing up into eternal life. In short, His fulness is without measure or end; therefore draw manfully and without fear, and drink with pleasure and joy! "ALL HAVE RECEIVED."1. That does not hold, because both had faith and light.3. (2) A copious fountain, from which all may draw in abundance. H. Spurgeon.There is a story of Rowland Hill, which I have no doubt is true, because it is so characteristic of the man's eccentricity and generosity. Accordingly we shall find angels and men to be dry, heaven to be empty, the earth to be unproductive, and, in short, all things to be of no value, if we wish to be partakers of the gifts of God in any other way than through Christ.III. Let us praise Him.2. We ought to be afraid of stagnation, but never of new experiences or enterprises. A fountain of living water? Beith, D. D.As the sea is not diminished by the treasures of rain which it yields, and which are dispensed to the earth to fertilise and refresh it, or as the sun is not wasted, that he has imparted light to all past generations of men; so Christ has not been affected in His fulness, though from Him has proceeded all the good that has ever been bestowed on every creature. C. Tittman, D. D.I. Raleigh, D. D.I. (2) If virtue is to be attained, sanctifying energy resides in Him to perfection. In Christ is an acquired fulness. Nothing was lacking in Him to constitute human perfection — sinlessness, sympathy, the virtues of both sexes, human nature in its completeness.2. A perpetual fountain, flowing to all eternity, from which all who are willing may continually draw.(C. THE EXPOSITION.1. This is the heart of the message of the Bible. Now the law is so tempered by the gospel as to seem gospel. H. Is Christ to you a cistern which you have emptied? This is very necessary, as uniform tranquillity would be injurious. But —(1)Though little in quantity it may be great in quality. That all grace is treasured up in Christ Jesus. THE SAME SPIRIT IS IN A CHRISTIAN THAT IS IN CHRIST (chap. Believe in great thing';.2. Some take the phrase to have reference to the Law and the Gospel; but St. John is speaking of what takes place after Christ comes and the Law is abandoned.2. God forbid that we should glory save in the fulness of this Jesus Christ. There is an element of sameness in all graces, just as water is water, but in many respects one kind of grace is not like another.3. All the saints partake of it.3. FROM THIS FULNESS MANY OF US HAVE RECEIVED.1. Accordingly we shall find angels and men to be dry, heaven to be empty, the earth to be unproductive, and, in short, all things to be of no value, if we wish to be partakers of the gifts of God in any other way than through Christ.III. The filling is universal. "You must come to-day," we say, "or you will not see the best of it." The Creator and Preserver of all things.2. The means as it is in itself, without God's appointment, is utterly inefficient.IV. All men if they were willing; and what is there to hinder all men from receiving them? H. Or grace received by us answerable to the grace that is in Christ. There are those who have got their religion from good works. This does not mean simply a steady continuance of the same class of gracious ministration. Abundance of grace discovered. He is the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever, and that being the case, the highest state of revival should be the normal condition of the Church.III. If he has £100,000 a year in prospect, he would hardly be limited to a penny a week. In Christ there is a fountain of knowledge inexhaustible. All the doing to receive it is an undoing: the soul empties itself to be filled.(C. (1)Of grace — pardoning, justifying, and sanctifying. God's assistance;3. The glory of the past depresses many Christians. The unity, with all its uniqueness is His. Spurgeon. )Fulness of graceC. Listen to Christ.2. All the saints partake of it.3. )The plenteousness of graceDr. If we knew all our need, what a large want book we should require! A. )LinksJohn 1:16 NIVJohn 1:16 NLTJohn 1:16 ESVJohn 1:16 NASBJohn 1:16 KJVJohn 1:16 Bible AppsJohn 1:16 ParallelJohn 1:16 Biblia ParalelaJohn 1:16 Chinese BibleJohn 1:16 French BibleJohn 1:16 German BibleJohn 1:16 CommentariesBible Hub, (3)By giving forth of it, as the conduit receives more water by letting out.4. In short, His fulness is without measure or end; therefore draw manfully and without fear, and drink with pleasure and joy! Calvin. A perpetual fountain, flowing to all eternity, from which all who are willing may continually draw.(C. — Having rendered some service to Lord North, the Prime Minister, during the American war, he received a polite communication from that nobleman, desiring to know if he stood in need of anything which it was in his power to bestow. His is an immeasurable fulness of grace and truth. This is very necessary, as uniform tranquillity would be injurious. (1) I cannot be a Christian of the highest type. A SENTENCE OF ADMONITION TO BELIEVERS. Cudworth. A young heir to a large estate, though not of full age, generally gets an allowance suitable to the position he is to occupy. (2) There was also a fulness of Christ in respect to His manhood. But then other drops succeed them, and others them, so evenly and incessantly that we hardly realize that the waters are passing away. All the doing to receive it is an undoing: the soul empties itself to be filled.(C. THE CHARACTERISTICS WHICH HIS FIRST FOLLOWERS MOST APPRECIATED WERE TRUTH AND GRACE, AND THESE WERE MANIFESTED IN FULNESS.1. Bates.I have found it an interesting thing to stand on the edge of a noble rolling river, and to think, that although it has been flowing on for six thousand years, watering the fields, and slaking the thirst of a hundred generations, it shows no signs of waste or want; and when I have watched the rise of the sun, as he shot above the crest of the mountain, or in a sky draped with golden curtains sprang up from his ocean bed, I have wondered to think that he has melted the snows of so many winters, and renewed the verdure of so many springs, and painted the flowers of so many summers, and ripened the golden harvests of so many autumns, and yet shines as brilliant as ever, his eye not dim, nor his natural strength abated, nor his floods of light less full for centuries of boundless profusion. Spurgeon., J. Calvin.I. The Author of human redemption.3. A fountain of living water? Should they not be —1. Granite rocks might last for ever, their life and motion are so slow; but the most exquisite flowers stand in their prime rich-blossomed state only for a short time. A fulness of the Spirit. Surely, then, the saints were empty before. Promises, providences, and Divine visitations, combine to meet the necessities of all the faithful.The riches of Christ's graceC. Maclaren, D. D.God cannot give you anything more than He gave you 1,800 years ago. The words of Jesus are a study for one's life, and those who have studied them most are as far as ever from exhausting their meaning. "I will bring you to the brink of Jordan, and bid you sit down and sing on its black banks, on the banks of the black stream, but there's more to follow. To relieve our poverty.3. (1) If sin is to be overcome the conquering power dwells in Him in its fulness. All alike are empty of merit and satisfaction.2. The supply of fuel to our city in midwinter sometimes fails, not because the coal-fields are exhausted, but because the weather has frozen our rivers, detained our colliers in the Channel, and blocked up our railways. The grace you have expands your heart, and gives you capacity for receiving yet more grace. Spurgeon. What a practical suggestion for a man of prayer! The woman of the house handed the water to him, and said, "Do you know anything of the water of life?" He is the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever, and that being the case, the highest state of revival should be the normal condition of the Church. But it is not the Lord's purpose that a fulness should reside in Jesus during revivals. C. The unity, with all its uniqueness is His. There is no invariable order, but in general —(1) The grace of forgiveness is the first bestowed. Others get their religion partly from self and partly from Christ; but to John's company Christ is all in all. The discovery that all we receive comes to us by grace.IV. C. Martin.This fulness is shown —I. Take your Bibles now this morning and be finding your place at John 3:16-(that ought to be easy). Trust nature to get all the good that is in them, and send that good up again.2. Expect great things.3. You would not get on in June seeking the withered leaves of last autumn. CHRISTIANS HAVE RECEIVED OF THIS FULNESS —1. There is a "fulness" of blessings in Christ sufficient for the present and eternal salvation of the whole human race.5. "He giveth more grace," grace following in grace, and further in superabounding grace, when grace turns into glory.II. Bridge, M. (2) There was also a fulness of Christ in respect to His manhood. 13).II. We always inculcate the propriety, on the part of all our people, of living within their incomes; but the child of God cannot live beyond his income in a spiritual sense.IV. Raleigh, D. D.I. The Amplified Bible translates John 1:16 this way: “Out of His fullness [the superabundance of His grace and truth] we have all received grace upon grace [spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing, favor upon favor, and gift heaped upon gift].” What’s abundantly clear is that, when we come to Christ, He dishes out grace in heaping, huge servings. A. H. Spurgeon.I. In the human soul, if there were not replenishment, grace for grace, it would soon be empty and dead.2. Expect great things.3. You stand by a river and watch the flow, the drops of water coming and going to the ocean. "Wouldst thou have me see thee," said Socrates "then speak." THE SAME SPIRIT IS IN A CHRISTIAN THAT IS IN CHRIST (chap. All, whether Jews or Gentiles, if indeed they would obtain grace and be really found before God, are required (and indeed they can do no other) to fill their little flasks from this well — a well which flows and overflows for ever and ever; they must drink their fill from this fountain-head of living water, springing up into eternal life. Next comes a totally different kind of grace — active strength and the spirit of boldness. Of compassionating love (Matthew 5:3-4). Or grace received by us answerable to the grace that is in Christ. All that is virtuous, amiable, noble or illustrious.5. Yet, if the texts are true, all that is to be done can be done now. (2) I cannot hope to be as useful as some. The ONE GLORIOUS PERSON concerning whom this verse is written.1. Bates.I have found it an interesting thing to stand on the edge of a noble rolling river, and to think, that although it has been flowing on for six thousand years, watering the fields, and slaking the thirst of a hundred generations, it shows no signs of waste or want; and when I have watched the rise of the sun, as he shot above the crest of the mountain, or in a sky draped with golden curtains sprang up from his ocean bed, I have wondered to think that he has melted the snows of so many winters, and renewed the verdure of so many springs, and painted the flowers of so many summers, and ripened the golden harvests of so many autumns, and yet shines as brilliant as ever, his eye not dim, nor his natural strength abated, nor his floods of light less full for centuries of boundless profusion. The unity, with all its uniqueness is His. God forbid that we should glory save in the fulness of this Jesus Christ. 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