The Immeasurable Christ
THE IMMEASURABLE CHRIST
John 3:31-36 bothers many translators of the Bible. They do not know where to place these verses. One version even puts them in another place. Some translators have argued whether these words were spoken by John the Baptist, by the Lord Jesus, or by John, the writer of the Gospel. Several suppositions have been made. But, by the Lord's mercy, we have come to see that these verses should be where they are, be cause they continue what has transpired up to verse 30.
Verse 30 says that Christ must increase and that we all must decrease. Why? Because Christ is unlimited and all-inclusive. These verses re veal an unlimited Christ. He was the little Jesus who was born in a manger and raised in Naza reth in the house of a poor carpenter. He had no outward beauty or attractiveness and He was very limited. Nevertheless, He is all-inclusive, immeasurable. He is higher than the heavens and broader than the universe. He is every thing, and everything is for Him. Let us read these verses and see what they unfold of the