Christ is all-inclusive and all-extensive, the re
Christ is all-inclusive and all-extensive, the re ality of every positive thing in the universe. He is the reality of God, man, eternity, light, and life. We simply do not have adequate words to declare who and what Christ is. Perhaps you have known only that Christ is the Son of God sent by the Father in His mercy to die on the cross for the salvation of sinners. You have known that He was born of a virgin, that He died on the cross, that He was raised from among the dead, and that He was exalted to the heavens. You be lieved in Him as your dear Redeemer and pre cious Savior, and in this way you were saved. Then you realized that you need Him to help you live in such a way as to glorify the Father. It is good to know Christ in this way, but this knowledge of Him is far too limited.
Forty-eight years ago, I also had such a lim ited knowledge of Christ. But beginning in 1932 the Lord has gradually been opening the veil that I may have a fuller knowledge of Him. Little by little, the veil has been taken away.
Only recently have I been impressed with the extensiveness of Christ. One day as I was speak ing on the Christ revealed in Colossians, I spon taneously used the term extensive and pointed out that the revelation in Colossians concerning