The Gospel Alphabet: "D" for "Depth"

“D”—Depth.

We don’t move from the milk of the Gospel to the meat of something else. Rather, we move from the milk of the Gospel to the meat of the Gospel.

Indeed, Paul, after concluding his section on the “tender mercies” of the Gospel and preparing to move on to its implications for living, concludes his argument in awe and wonder: “Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom of the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!” (Rom 11:33).

The wonder of how deep and powerful the Gospel—most notably as it works in the believing heart—is well stated in this Puritan prayer titled “The Gospel Way”:
Blessed Lord Jesus,
No human mind could conceive or invent the Gospel. Acting in eternal grace, thou art both its messenger and its message, lived out on earth through infinite compassion, applying thy life to insult, injury, death, that I might be redeemed, ransomed, freed. Blessed be thou, O Father, for contriving this way, Eternal thanks to thee, O Lamb of God, for opening this way, Praise to thee, O Holy Spirit, for applying this way to my heart. Glorious Trinity, impress the Gospel on my soul, until its virtue diffuses through every faculty; Let it be heard, acknowledged, professed, felt.