Experiential Knowledge

To Know the Love of Christ

From the Pastor: Dr. M. J. Seymour, Sr.



It is written: “And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.”(Eph. 3:19)

Three things need to be noticed in this passage:

First, - TO KNOW THE LOVE OF CHRIST - It is one thing to hear about the love of Jesus Christ but quite another to know intimately the love of Christ. Folks may hear about the love my wife and I have for each other, and they may even witness the evidence of it; but they do not know it intimately because this love is not directed towards any outsider. It is the breadth and length the depth and height of our personal relationship that makes it peculiar to us. No one knows the quintessential of this love but we. So it is with knowing through a personal relationship the love of Jesus Christ. Religionists are mere wishful thinkers, outsiders, and “Peeping Toms” lusting for what they do not have. Yet, to know Christ is to know the love of the Christ. Only true salvation can bring this intimate relationship.

Second, - THE LOVE OF CHRIST PASSES KNOWLEDGE - It is amazing how the unregenerate know exactly what the love of Christ ought to be; but in truth they know absolutely nothing. According to the Holy Scriptures, the love of Christ surpasses the knowledge of man. Those who have in fact experienced the saving grace of God and the love of Christ that was responsible for purchasing their salvation know they do not fully comprehend what kind of love this is or what prompted such great love towards them.

Third, - THE LOVE OF CHRIST FILLS ONE WITH ALL THE FULLNESS OF GOD - How does one fathom all the fullness of God filling up the knower (not hearer) by the love of Jesus Christ? Yet, as it is written, to comprehend with all saints the breadth and length, the depth and height, and to know the love of Christ fills one with all the fullness of God. It has its beginning in the heavenly birth, and it grows by an interactive loving and knowing relationship with Jesus which opens the reservoirs of the soul to be flooded with the fullness of God. The saints have yet to even scratch the surface of the wonders of it all. To know the love of Christ is the fueling energy of one’s rejoicing in the spirit with joy unspeakable and full of glory!