the great storehouse of all heavenly treasures. By Thomas Brooks.

John chapter 1, verse 14. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John chapter 1, verse 16. From the fullness of His grace, we have all received one blessing after another.

There is in Jesus not only a sufficiency of grace, but an all-sufficiency. He has enough to supply all our needs, and not only enough for us, but for all the saints who have ever lived or shall live. Jesus is a fountain of mercy and grace. From His fullness, as from an overflowing fountain, streams every spiritual blessing. He fills our empty vessels again and again, and still the fountain overflows. The more grace we draw from Jesus, the more is still in Him. The sun is nevertheless bright, after all the light we receive from it. In the same way, Jesus is nevertheless full, after all the grace we receive from Him.

Grace from the heart of Jesus is ever flowing out to His people. Grace upon grace, blessing upon blessing, mercy upon mercy. There is in the crucified Jesus grace sufficient to all the difficulties, necessities, and desires of His poor people.

Jesus is a garment to cover and adorn them, a counselor to advise them, a captain to defend them, a prince to rule them, a prophet to teach them, a priest to make atonement for them, a husband to protect them, a father to provide for them, a brother to relieve them, a foundation to support them, a head to guide them, and a treasure to enrich them.

Jesus is the great storehouse of all heavenly treasures. In Him are laid up all the riches of divine grace. From Him all believers receive grace, not only at their first conversion, but all along their pilgrim way. His blessings do not come occasionally, but one after another, ceaseless, boundless, sufficient for every step of the Christian life.

Jesus is all-sufficient for a believer. He is the bread to nourish him, the physician to heal him, the rock to support him, the ark to shelter him, the sun to enlighten him, and the fountain to cleanse him. What more can any Christian desire to save and satisfy Him and to make Him holy and happy in time and in eternity?

Jesus is a treasury of all spiritual blessings, and these are all for His redeemed people. If there is anything lacking in us, it is not because there is any lack in Jesus. The fountain is full, but the hand of faith must be stretched out to receive.