ligion he is practicing to a new syn cretism? The answer is unmistak ably clear! Only that person whose religion is not meeting all of his needs, the incomplete person who is restless and dissatisfied. Never in the history of the human race have there been so many frustrated people. The emotional ills of the masses provide Satan with an opportunity to intro duce a new cult, or a religious syn cretism. Never in the history of the Christian Church has there been such a widespread interest in reli gious mergers. The Devil’s one-world church is coming into international prominence and acceptance. The very heart of this Colossian letter is its doctrine of the pleroma or “fulness.” It is a Divine attribute, so that God is its Author and Source. One of the purposes of the Incarna tion was to make the Divine com pleteness available for our human in completeness. Stating it succinctly, Christ came in order that He might fill us with the fulness of God. But first, we must see this fulness in Christ Himself. So the Holy Spir it says, “For it pleased the Father that in Him should all fulness dwell” (Col. 1 :19). And then He adds, “For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily” (Col. 2:9). Do not miss this tremendous tru th , namely, that nothing can be added to the God-Man, our Lord and Sav iour Jesus Christ. He is complete in Himself. That is eternally true, for Christ was, is, and ever will be fully God. He is “the same yesterday, and today, and for ever” (Heb. 13:8). God purposed that through Christ His fulness should be passed on to you and me. The obvious intentional plan of the Father in sending His Son to earth is that man, being in complete because of sin, might be made complete in Christ. All the ful ness of God is in Him, that from Him it may come to us. This treasure of completeness was placed in the earthen vessel of our Lord’s manhood
that it might be within reach of every man. Don’t turn to any cult or religion when all the fulness is in the blessed Son of God. Don’t run from your marital difficulty to a divorce court when you and your mate in marriage can be made complete in Christ. Don’t contemplate suicide when the Saviour can give you abundant life. Are you weary and tired of your present way of life? Jesus said, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matt. 11:28). * * * The task ahead of us is never greater than the power behind and within us. * * * 'TW A S A SHEEP 'Twas a sheep, not a lamb, that strayed away In the parable Jesus told; A grown-up sheep that had gone astray From the ninety and nine in the fold, Out on the hillside, out in the cold, 'Twas a sheep the good shepherd sought; And back from the cold, safe in the fold, 'Twas a sheep the good shepherd brought. And as earnestly hope and pray? Because there is danger; if they go wrong, They will lead the lambs astray. For the lambs will follow the sheep, you know, Wherever the sheep may stray; When the sheep go wrong, it will not be long, Till the lambs are as wrong as they. And why for the sheep should we earnestly long, And so with the sheep we earnestly plead, For the sake of the lambs today; If the sheep are lost, what a terrible cost Some lambs will have to pay. — 'Alice V. Herron
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