~ Mere Words Cannot Describe 3
Biblical Things ~
God’s Indescribable Gift ~ “Thanks be to God for His
indescribable gift!” (2 Corinthians 9:15).
The Believer’s Inexpressible Joy ~ “In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little
while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the
genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes,
though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the
revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you
love. Though now you do not see Him, yet
believing, you rejoice with joy
inexpressible and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith—the
salvation of your souls” (1 Peter 1:6-9).
Heaven’s Inexpressible Words ~ “It is doubtless
not profitable for me to boast. I will
come to visions and revelations of the Lord: I know a man in Christ who
fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or whether out of the
body I do not know, God knows—such a one was caught up to the third
heaven. And I know such a man—whether in
the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows—how he was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which
it is not lawful for a man to utter. Of
such a one I will boast; yet of myself I will not boast, except in my
infirmities. For though I might desire
to boast, I will not be a fool; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, lest anyone should think of me
above what he sees me to be or hears from me” (2 Corinthians 12:1-6).
Summary
~ These three are interrelated as
they describe the progression of the Christian’s journey: first they receive
the indescribable gift of salvation
(a past, present, and future reality), causing them to experience the inexpressible joy (never ending from the
time of accepting the free gift), and ultimately they will reach their inexpressible eternal home in heaven (a
wonderful eternal future lies ahead).
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW
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