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  A BOTTLE IN THE OCEAN
  by A.W. Tozer
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Summary: To be filled with the fullness of God means to be completely
immersed in His presence and power, and our vessel gets bigger as we go
on with Him.

Topics: "Spiritual Growth", "Divine Fulfillment"
Scripture References: John 7:37, Ephesians 3:19

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A.W. Tozer emphasizes the profound relationship between humanity and the
divine, illustrating that just as a bottle submerged in the ocean is
filled with its waters, so too can we be filled with the fullness of
God. He explains that while we cannot contain all of God, we can
experience His fullness within us, and our capacity to receive Him can
grow as we deepen our relationship with Him. Tozer encourages believers
to seek to enlarge their spiritual vessels to receive more of God's love
and presence in their lives.

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...To know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be
filled with all the fullness of God. --Ephesians 3:19

Pentecost means that the Deity came to mankind to give Himself to man,
that man might breathe Him in as he breathes in the air, that He might
fill men. Dr. A. B. Simpson used an illustration which was about as good
as any I ever heard. He said, "Being filled with the fullness of God is
like a bottle in the ocean. You take the cork out of the bottle and sink
it in the ocean, and you have the bottle completely full of ocean. The
bottle is in the ocean, and the ocean is in the bottle. The ocean
contains the bottle, but the bottle contains only a little bit of the
ocean. So it is with the Christian."

We are filled unto the fullness of God, but, of course, we cannot
contain all of God because God contains us; but we can have all of God
that we can contain. If we only knew it, we could enlarge our vessel.
The vessel gets bigger as we go on with God. The Counselor, 68.

"Enlarge my vessel, Lord, and fill me with more and more of the fullness
of God. Amen."

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/aw-tozer/a-bottle-in-the-ocean/
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