"The Fullness of God"

A prayer for…

I. The Spirit’s POWER! – (3:14-16)

2 Corinthians 4:16 NIV84

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.

Romans 7:22 NIV84

For in my inner being I delight in God’s law;

Galatians 5:16 NIV84

So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.

II. Christ’s INDWELLING! – (3:17a)

John 14:23 NIV84

Jesus replied, “If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

III. Love’s ABUNDANCE! – (3:17b-19a)

John 13:34–35 NIV84

“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

1 John 4:20–21 NIV84

If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.

IV. God’s FULLNESS! – (3:19b)

Colossians 1:19 NIV84

For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,

Colossians 2:9–10 NIV84

For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority.

Ephesians 4:13 NIV84

until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

Ephesians 5:18 NIV84

Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

V. The Lord’s GLORY! – (3:20-21)