which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
This poison that saints can fall away today and be damned tomorrow is an affront to God's whole design in the gospel. The new covenant exists precisely because the old one failed through man's weakness; God made it of grace, not works, so the promise would hold sure to every child of faith. If a saint can finally miscarry, the promise is no more secure now than it was then, and God gains nothing by His change.
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Commenting on Ephesians 6:10-20
The Son of God counts Himself incomplete without us. Until we are joined to Him, He does not possess all His parts or desire to be regarded as whole. This is not His want or necessity, all that is good in us comes from His hand, but His goodness shines most when He raises us from nothing that He may dwell and live in us.
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The Church is the filling-up that makes Christ's dominion complete. He has control over angels and distant worlds, but without rule over His Church, His empire would not be whole. That dominion is so glorious it fills and completes the honor of His universal reign.
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