Christ: a truly inexhaustible fountain
December 17, 2009
Here’s John Calvin commenting on the phrase from John 1:16, “out of his fulness” . . .
First,
we are all utterly destitute and empty of spiritual blessings;
for
the abundance which exists in Christ is intended
to supply our deficiency,
to relive our poverty,
to satisfy our hunger and thirst.
Secondly,
as soon as we have departed from Christ,
it is vain for us to seek a single drop of happiness,
because,
God has determined that whatever is good will reside in Christ alone.
Thirdly,
we will have no reason to fear the lack of anything,
provided
we draw from the fulness of Christ,
which is in every respect so complete,
that we will experience it to be a truly inexhaustible fountain.
John Calvin, Commentary on John (Baker reprint, 2003), 50.
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