RPM, Volume 13, Number 49, December 4 to December 10, 2011

Christ Altogether Lovely

Part III




By John Flavel



  • Christ is to be Loved
  • What is Meant by "Altogether Lovely"
  • He is Lovely in His Person
  • He is Lovely in His Offices
  • He is Lovely in His Relations
  • Application
"Yes, He is altogether lovely." Song of Songs 5:16.

Secondly, Next I promised to show you in what respects Jesus Christ is altogether lovely:

He is Lovely in His Person

First, He is altogether lovely in his person: he is Deity dwelling in flesh, John 1:14. The wonderful, perfect union of the divine and human nature in Christ renders him an object of admiration and adoration to both angels and men, 1 Tim 3:16. God never presented to the world such a vision of glory before. Consider how the human nature of our Lord Jesus Christ is overflowing with all the graces of the Spirit, in such a way as never any of the saints was filled. O what a lovely picture does this paint of him! John 3:34, "God gives the Spirit [to him] without limit." This makes him "the most excellent of men and [his] lips have been anointed with grace," Psalm 45:2. If a small measure of grace in the saints makes them sweet and desirable companions, what must the riches of the Spirit of grace filling Jesus Christ without measure make him in the eyes of believers? O what a glory must it fix upon him!



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