COMPLETELY SATISFIED

"The Bible is filled with statements of what God is able to do for His people. Here are seven verses which cover almost all the fundamental doctrines of Christianity.

1. Hebrews 7:25 declares that Christ is 'able to save completely those who come to God through him.' Mel Trotter, and evangelist whom God called from a life of alcoholism, said this verse proclaimed God's ability to save a person 'from the guttermost to the uttermost.'

2. In 2 Timothy 1:12 Paul writes, 'I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.' God has the power to keep my spiritual deposits.

3. 2 Corinthians 9:8 says, 'God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.'

4. The Bible says of Jesus, 'Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.' (Hebrews 2:18)

5. Ephesians 3:20 tells us that God 'is able to do immeasurable more than all we ask or imagine.'

6. The Lord Jesus Christ, 'by the power than enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.' (Philippians 3:21)

7. Jude says the Lord, 'is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy.' (Jude 24)

Taken together, these verses declare that God is able to save us for this life and for eternity, to keep us from falling into sin and temptation, to lead us to the best in human experience, and to satisfy us completely."

from the pen of Dr. James Montgomery Boice HOW GREAT THOU ART, published by Multnomah.