All Loves Excelling: The Saints' Knowledge of Christ's Love (Puritan Paperbacks)

"Nu hony in a B" -- is the way John Bunyan rearranged the letters of his name in order to describe" the effect of God's sovereign grace upon his life. Herein Bunyan, author of the grand classic "Pilgrims Progress," delivers a stirring and cogent treatise on Ephesians 3:18-19. His exposition centers on God's love for His people as he calls believers to embrace God's immense love and glorify God in the process. The author states: "One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner." Chapters include “The Breadth of God’s Love,” “The Length of God’s Love,” “The Depth of God’s Love,” “The Height of God’s Love,” “Praying for Ability,” and “Praying for Knowledge,” as well as a great deal of engaging exposition. Some Bunyan quotes: "He who runs from God in the morning will scarcely find him the rest of the day." And: "Sin is the dare of God's justice, the rape of His mercy, the jeer of His patience, the slight of His power, and the contempt of His love." He adds "No child of God sins to that degree as to make himself incapable of forgiveness." Bunyan muses: "That the eternal word, for the salvation of sinners, should come down from heaven and be made flesh, is an act of such condensation, a discovery of such love that can never be completely found out." No doubt Bunyan’s shares the goal of the apostle Paul, that “you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height-- to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God (Ephesians 3:18-19).”The Saint’s Knowledge of Christ’s Love” is a potent yet a smooth read and is great for devotions.