Knowing God (15)
Series: Ephesians
Stephen Whitney
Ephesians 3:14-19
In 1893 Fridtjof Nansen, the Norwegian explorer, sailed to the Arctic on a journey which took more than three years to complete. Some of the scientific results of his expedition were new and revolutionary. He published them in a six-volume set.
One discovery he made was that the Polar Sea is 3 to 4 miles deep and completely devoid of islands. Before his discovery many authorities believed that the Polar Sea was shallow and
interspersed with relatively large tracts of land below the surface of the water. He proved that there was no land close to the North Pole, but a deep, ice-covered ocean.
He deliberately allowed the ship to drift north through the ice to try and understand how the polar ocean currents moved. During the first year as they drifted north, he discovered the existence of a deep polar basin which he tried to measure.
The first day, he used his longest measuring line, but couldn't reach the bottom. He wrote in his log book, "The ocean is deeper than that! The next day, he added more line but still could not measure the depth and so again in his record book he wrote, "Deeper than that!" After several days of adding more and more pieces of rope and cord to his line, he had to leave that part of the ocean without learning the actual depth. All he knew was that it was beyond his ability to measure.
We cannot fully understand the depths of God's love, because our measuring line is too short. God will take all of eternity to show us the fullness of his love. Because the love of God is
so deep Paul prays that believers will comprehend some of it.
Puritan John Robinson - "God first loved us in the free purpose of his will, and worketh good for us and in us. And therefore comes the unchangeableness of God's love towards us, because it is founded in himself."
UNITY OF GOD'S FAMILY :14-15
For this reason - the same reason he mentioned in :1 whic ...
Series: Ephesians
Stephen Whitney
Ephesians 3:14-19
In 1893 Fridtjof Nansen, the Norwegian explorer, sailed to the Arctic on a journey which took more than three years to complete. Some of the scientific results of his expedition were new and revolutionary. He published them in a six-volume set.
One discovery he made was that the Polar Sea is 3 to 4 miles deep and completely devoid of islands. Before his discovery many authorities believed that the Polar Sea was shallow and
interspersed with relatively large tracts of land below the surface of the water. He proved that there was no land close to the North Pole, but a deep, ice-covered ocean.
He deliberately allowed the ship to drift north through the ice to try and understand how the polar ocean currents moved. During the first year as they drifted north, he discovered the existence of a deep polar basin which he tried to measure.
The first day, he used his longest measuring line, but couldn't reach the bottom. He wrote in his log book, "The ocean is deeper than that! The next day, he added more line but still could not measure the depth and so again in his record book he wrote, "Deeper than that!" After several days of adding more and more pieces of rope and cord to his line, he had to leave that part of the ocean without learning the actual depth. All he knew was that it was beyond his ability to measure.
We cannot fully understand the depths of God's love, because our measuring line is too short. God will take all of eternity to show us the fullness of his love. Because the love of God is
so deep Paul prays that believers will comprehend some of it.
Puritan John Robinson - "God first loved us in the free purpose of his will, and worketh good for us and in us. And therefore comes the unchangeableness of God's love towards us, because it is founded in himself."
UNITY OF GOD'S FAMILY :14-15
For this reason - the same reason he mentioned in :1 whic ...
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