A Christ Filled World

Ephesians 4:10

"He that descended is the same also that

ascended up far above all heavens, 

that he might fill all things."

        Jesus descended into this world as a baby, and became a man; Jesus ascended from this world when He left it to return to His glory. Paul's great thought is that the Christ who ascended and the Christ who descended are one and the same person. What does that mean? It means that the Christ of Glory is the same as the Jesus who trod this earth; still He loves all men; still He seeks the sinner; still He heals the sufferer; still He comforts the sorrowing; still He is the friend of outcast men and women.  

        Jesus ascended up on high; but He did not ascend up on high to leave the world. He ascended up on high to fill the world with His presence. When Jesus was here in the flesh, He could only be in one place at one time. He was under all the limitations of the body; but when He laid this body aside and returned to glory, He was liberated from the limitations of the body and was able then to be everywhere in all the world through his Spirit. The ascension of Jesus did not mean a Christ deserted world, but a Christ filled world! 

        Amen!

Reading: (Eph. 4:8-10)

May God Bless You

And Your Families

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry