Morning & Evening Daily Devotional Reading– January 27

by Charles H. Spurgeon, Revised and Edited by William C. Neff

“Out of His fullness we have all received.”

–John 1:16

These words tell us, first of all, that there is a fullness in Christ. There is a fullness of essential Deity, for “in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead.” There is a fullness of perfect manhood as well, for in Him, bodily, that Godhead was revealed to us. There is a fullness of atoning power in His blood, for “the blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.” There is a fullness of justifying righteousness in His life, for “there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.” There is a fullness of victory in His death, for through death He destroyed the one who had the power of death, that is, the devil. There is a fullness to the power of His resurrection from the dead, for by it “we are born again unto a living hope.”

There is a fullness of blessings of every sort and shape; a fullness of grace to pardon, of grace to regenerate, of grace to sanctify, of grace to preserve, and of grace to perfect. There is a fullness at all times; a fullness of comfort in affliction; a fullness of guidance in prosperity. A fullness of every divine attribute, of wisdom, of power, of love. And what a fullness this must be, since the stream is always flowing, and yet the well remains as full as ever.

Come, believer, and have all of your needs supplied; ask largely, and you will receive largely, for this “fullness” is inexhaustible, and is treasured up where all the needy may reach it—in Jesus, Immanuel, God with us. [M&E]