<p>3:17- see on Lk. 6:48.</p><p><i>That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you would be rooted and grounded in love</i>- It is the &quot;spirit of Christ&quot; which dwells in us (Rom. 8:9,11). This is the promised Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, which would dwell within us to the extent that the Lord's physical absence would be compensated for by His Spirit making His presence real to us. And the simple end result of that is, in a word, &quot;love&quot;. Such love, both the love of Christ for us and our response in lives of love, will become our root and foundation. And if we are &ldquo;rooted and grounded in love&rdquo;, then :18 promises that we will come to appreciate yet more &ldquo;the love of Christ&rdquo;. There is an upward spiral of spirituality. It is the love principle which alone can give stability to our otherwise unstable existence. People do not know really how to live, how to think, how or what to be. It is having a foundation in the love principle which constantly and consistently provides the answers to our endless questions as to how to respond to all the mental and secular issues which we meet hour by hour.</p>