Becoming the Fullness of God — Two Aspects : Apprehending Christ’s Dimensions vs Knowing the Knowledge-surpassing Love of Christ

 

Becoming the Fullness of God — Two Aspects : Apprehending Christ’s Dimensions vs Knowing the Knowledge-surpassing Love of Christ

Ephesians 3:18–19 “So that you may be filled with power, together with all the saints, to know what the breadth, length, height, and depth are, and to know the love of Christ that is beyond knowledge, so that you may be filled to the fullness of God.” 

1. Main Comparative Table

Item	Apprehending Christ’s Breadth, Length, Height, and Depth	Knowing Christ’s Love that Surpasses Knowledge
Meaning	Entering into Christ’s immeasurable universal dimensions	Experiencing Christ’s immeasurable inward love
Cause	Christ making His home in our hearts	Christ saturating our inward being
Metaphor	Entering an infinite cube	Being immersed in an endless ocean of love
Focus	Christ’s vastness	Christ’s affection
Effect	Enlarges spiritual capacity	Fills and softens the inner being
Purpose	Bring us into Christ’s riches	Bring Christ into our being
Difference	Objective expansion	Subjective saturation
Relationship	His dimensions lead us into His love	His love leads us deeper into His dimensions
Ultimate Result	Spiritual building	Divine expression
Key Scriptures	Core    Eph. 3:18–19 Christ making home            Eph. 3:17 Fullness in Christ     Col. 1:19; 2:9 Divine fullness         John 1:16 Building          Eph. 4:16 Cube city        Rev. 21:16

 

2. Spiritual Inner Revelation (Core Insight)

Aspect	Revelation
First	We apprehend Christ’s limitless dimensions
Second	We know His immeasurable love
Third	We are filled unto all the fullness of God

Spiritual progression:

Dimensions of Christ → Love of Christ → Fullness of God

Core vision:
Christ’s dimensions enlarge us; Christ’s love fills us; together they constitute us as God’s expression.

3. Deeper Contrast (Spiritual Levels)

Level	Christ’s Dimensions	Christ’s Love
Revelation	Seeing Christ’s greatness	Touching Christ’s tenderness
Experience	Corporate apprehension	Personal enjoyment
Function	Expands capacity	Saturates being
Building	Produces coordination	Produces blending

4. Biblical Examples

Person	Dimensions	Love
Paul the Apostle	Saw the universal Christ	Constrained by Christ’s love
John the Apostle	Saw the New Jerusalem cube	Rested on Jesus’ bosom
Moses	Saw the tabernacle dimensions	Experienced God’s loving presence
Daniel	Saw kingdom visions	Experienced divine preservation

5. “Cube” Spiritual Picture

Shape	Meaning
Line	One-dimensional experience
Plane	Two-dimensional experience
Cube	Full, solid, built-up church life

The New Jerusalem is a cube (Rev. 21:16), signifying:

The ultimate issue of Christ making His home in us.

6. Practical Application Today

Practice	Application
Open to Christ	Let Him occupy every inward part
Fellowship with saints	Apprehend corporately
Pray in love	Know His inward affection
Accept environments	Experience height and depth
Live the church life	Become a spiritual cube

7. Spiritual Burden

The Lord desires not flat Christians, but built-up saints who are:

• Enlarged by Christ
• Filled with Christ
• Expressing God corporately

8. Prophesying Guidance (Practical Route)

Step	Practice
1	Let Christ make home in your heart
2	Fellowship with all saints
3	Experience His surpassing love
4	Be filled unto God’s fullness

Prayer:
“Lord, gain every room of my heart.”

9. One Prophesying Summary

Christ’s dimensions enlarge us, Christ’s love saturates us, and together they make us God’s corporate fullness.

10. Conclusion

Dimensions bring us into Christ.
Love brings Christ into us.
Their union produces the fullness of God.

11. One-Sentence Comparison

Christ’s dimensions enlarge our capacity; Christ’s love fills our being; together they make us God’s expression.

 

*Please refer to the 2026 Spring International Elders and Responsible Brothers Training, General Theme: The Ministry of the Word and the Dispensing of God for His Economy, Week 1: "Firm and Continuous Prayer, and Fulfilling the Ministry of the Word"