Boundless Gospel

No sermon or series of sermons can ever exhaust the Gospel of God's grace in Christ. That is because the Gospel of God concerns the infinite person and eternal accomplishments of the Son of God, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ (Rom. 1:1-4). Full comprehension of our Savior surpasses human understanding (Eph. 3:17-19). The Gospel, therefore, must surpass anything close to our complete comprehension. Though our Savior is infinite in His being, and though to search out the work of God is a never-ending task, yet we are able to believe the Gospel with our limited understanding. It is not the quality of faith, but the object of faith that saves, the One and whose words and work we believe. Faith understands the truth of Christ and relies on Christ and Him crucified (Rom. 3:24-25). But faith is never a complete understanding, nor is trust in the best of saints ever perfect (1 Cor. 13:12; Luke 17:5; 2 Thess. 1:3). It helps to compare how men in this life continuously search out God’s work in creation. They never come to a complete understanding of this temporal and finite creation. How much less can a man fully comprehend in this life the eternal purpose and work of God in our eternal salvation, taking ungodly sinners from the depths of sin to dress them in the robe of Christ’s righteousness and bring them in Christ to the heights of glory as children of God and joint-heirs with Christ? We know our God and Savior (John 17:3), and yet we never cease seeking to know Him (Isa. 55:6-7; Php. 3:10)!

Rick Warta