Our Ocean

John Flavel (1627–1691) was a prolific author of the Presbyterian church. In the following quote he highlights the scope of Jesus’ greatness.

Christ [is] the very essence of all delights and pleasures, the very soul and substance of them. As all the rivers are gathered into the ocean, which is congregation or  meeting-place of all  waters in the world: so Christ is that ocean in which all true delights and pleasures meet. . . .

His excellencies are pure and unmixed; he is a sea of sweetness without one drop of gall.1

Footnotes:

John Flavel. The Method of Grace, from Sermon XII.

 

HT: Justin Taylor

About the author

Chris Castaldo (PhD, London School of Theology) is the lead pastor at New Covenant Church in Naperville, Illinois. He is the author of Talking with Catholics about the Gospel and coauthor of The Unfinished Reformation.