We are considering, as most of you will remember, this great doxology, which we have at the end of the 11th chapter of Paul's Epistle to the Romans in verses 33 to 36.

Oh, the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and knowledge of God, how unsearchable are his judgments and his ways, past finding out,

for who hath known the mind of the law, or who hath been his counsellor,

or who hath first given to him, and it shall be a recompens unto him again, for of him and through him and to him

are all things, to whom be glory forever, amen.

Now we started our consideration of this great taxology last Friday night.

We see that here the great apostle stands back, as it were, at the end of his mighty

exposition and display of Christian doctrine, and especially what he has just been saying

with regard to God's future purpose with respect to the Jews as a nation.

And as he contemplates this great plan and purpose and scheme of God, he bursts forth in this magnificent and tremendous doxology.

Now, the first thing that strikes him, as we saw last Friday night, is the depth of all this,

the profundity, and that is something which we should constantly stress and emphasize.

Any preaching of the gospel or any claim to be an exposition of the gospel

that doesn't give this impression of depth and of profundity is not a true representation of the gospel.

It is always profound.

That doesn't mean to say that it's complex or complicated,

but there is always this element of depth and profundity in it.

And we further saw that the Apostle illustrates this depth in three main respects.

First, with regard to the riches, which is God's grace, and then the wisdom displayed by God in this plen and purpose of salvation,

and finally the knowledge of God, which guarantees that it covers every conceivable eventuality.

Now, I suggested that you can divide this doxology into four main sections, and that

was the first section, which emphasizes the depth of it all.

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