- He is the portion given to us by God (1 Corinthians 1:2).
- He is God’s power and God’s wisdom as righteousness, sanctification, and redemption to us (1 Corinthians 1:24, 30).
- He is the Lord of glory (1 Corinthians 2:8) for our glorification (1 Corinthians 2:7; Romans 8:30).
- He is the depths (deep things) of God (1 Corinthians 2:10).
- He is the unique foundation of God’s building (1 Corinthians 3:11).
- He is our Passover (1 Corinthians 5:7), the unleavened bread (1 Corinthians 5:8), the spiritual food, the spiritual drink, and the spiritual rock (1 Corinthians 10:3-4).
- He is the Head (1 Corinthians 11:3) and the Body (1 Corinthians 12:12).
- He is the firstfruits (1 Corinthians 15:20, 23), the second man (1 Corinthians 15:47), and the last Adam (1 Corinthians 15:45); and as such He became the life-giving Spirit (1 Corinthians 15:45) that we may receive Him into us as our everything.
This all-inclusive One, with the riches of at least twenty items, God has given to us as our portion for our enjoyment. We should concentrate on Him, not on any persons, things, or matters other than Him. We should focus on Him as our unique center appointed by God, that all the problems among the believers may be solved. It is into the fellowship of such a One that we have been called by God. This fellowship of God’s Son became the fellowship that the apostles shared with the believers (Acts 2:42; 1 John 1:3) in His Body, the church, and should be the fellowship that we enjoy in partaking of His blood and His body at His table (1 Corinthians 10:16, 21). Such a fellowship, which is carried out by the Spirit (2 Corinthians 13:14), must be unique because He is unique; it forbids any division among the members of His unique Body. -- 1 Corinthians 1:9 Footnote 2
Hymns, #510 -> http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/510
I’ve found the One of peerless worth,
My heart doth sing for joy;
And sing I must, for Christ I have:
Oh, what a Christ have I!
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