THE FULNESS OF SUPPLY
Luke 5:3 8 "And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake. And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord."
These men had already been saved and baptized by John the Baptist. There were now called out to occupy the office of Apostleship in the Church. These men would receive a course in personal discipleship and would come through it to lead the church in the world-wide commission (Matt. 28:16-20). The Lord’s people, through the church still maintain that commission, and will until the end of this age.
Let’s notice first,
THE FULNESS OF BLESSING
The Lord’s people are a blessed people. It is so easy to slip into a rut so that you don’t even have time to take hold of the searing wheel. It will just follow the rut. When God gives us daily supply, we begin to think that the explanation for these things are self earned and the explanation of them are from another source. God no longer gets credit for what He is doing.
Paul states this in Romans 15:29, "And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ."
The words “I am sure” translates “ oida” and it means, “to perceive with the eyes.” Paul envisioned the trip to Rome and meeting with them. It is a perfect active indicative verb. The perfect tense represents action completed in the past, and what that action completed, remains true in the present. Paul knew what the gospel would do. It had happened over and over again. So he comes to Rome with the full assurance of the manifest blessing of the gospel. Paul reminds them in 1 Corinthians 2:1 5, "And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God."
Paul did not put on a show for them. He did not use the high Greek in speaking to them. He wanted their faith to stand in the power of God. To do this one must do it God’s way. God is not going to bless “man’s way.” So we see the fulness of blessing to enrich us.
This world is full of people who don’t want God’s blessing and they don’t want you talking to them about it. Have you ever seen a person like this? Have you ever been a person like this? Next let’s look at,
THE FULNESS OF GRACE TO BLESS US
There is no way to measure God’s grace or His willingness to bestow His blessings on His believing children.
John 1:16 17, "And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ."
What does grace mean in these verses? It means that Jesus made a way of us. First He made a way for our salvation. Romans 3:10 12 says, "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no,
