The Measuring

The Ten Commandments are the EASY PART.

“To serve under another and obey him is one of the best ways of knowing his character. The knowledge is no mere intellectual apprehension, such as the Gnostic, postulated, but a moral and spiritual affection and activity. It is possible to know and hate (John 16:24). Again, the knowledge is not a mere emotional appreciation. Christianity knows nothing of piety without morality. To know Christ is to love him, and to love him is to obey and imitate him.”

Studying the bible is not always pleasant. It can sometimes be intimidating.

After reading this I thought, “I know I love Christ, but I also know that I am nothing like Him.”

I also knew that it was impossible for me to write about something that I could not truly understand.

But I continued to read the commentary only to find a brand new revelation.

It read, “Obedience, not feeling, is the test of union; and the Christian who is really such has least to tell of "experiences" of special visitations. He who is ever in the light has few sensible illuminations to record. Note the strong, even as; nothing less than "the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ" (Ephesians 4:13) is to be aimed at. "Ye therefore shall be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect" (Matthew 5:48).

This says that because of my OBEDIENCE I can still MEASURE the stature of the fullness of Christ and I can gain more and more of it in the process of completion.

It also referenced these very beautiful bible verses.

John 1:8 - He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

John 1:18 - No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.

John 1:33 - "I did not recognize Him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, `He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, this is the One who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'

John 10:1 - "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber.

John 12:48 - "He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day.

Altogether I learned that the ten commandments are the easy part.

And I’m very very thankful for them.

Because if it were not for them I could not gain the confidence to even bring myself to read about my MEASURE of the stature of the fullness of Christ let alone profess it.