All The Fulness
Of The Godhead In Christ
Col. 2:9
"In him dwelleth all
the fulness of the Godhead bodily." All the fulness of the eternal
Godhead, all the fulness of the Father, all the fulness of the Son, and all the
fulness of the Spirit dwells in the body of our Lord Jesus Christ! All the
perfections and attributes of the infinite, incomprehensible, triune God reside
in the body of the Man Christ Jesus, for that Man, Jesus Christ, is God. Even
in his greatest humiliation as a Man, our Savior fully possessed all the
attributes of Deity.Even when he was tempted, he is holy. Even when he was
hungry, he possesses all things. Even when he was weak, he is strength. Even
when he was in agony, he is Almighty. Even when he was arrested, he rules all
things. Even when he was forsaken by God, he is God! Even when he died upon the
cross and his body slept in the dark,damp tomb for three days,Jesus Christ is
life.He is God over all,blessed forever!He immutably and eternally possesses
all the attributes of divinity. It is true, our Savior wrapped up his Deity in
a human body. And he hid his radiant glory as God for a time. But he never
lost, gave up, or laid aside one particle of Deity, not even when he died as
our Substitute!
Is God self-existent? So is
Jesus Christ. In him is life(John 1:3). Is God
eternal, without beginning of days nor end of years?
So is Christ, the One who was, who is, and who is to come, the Alpha and the
Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last (Col. 1:15-17; Heb.
7:3; Rev. 1:8). Is God omnipresent? So is Christ. While here, dwelling upon the
earth, he was in the Father's bosom in heaven(John 1:18;3:13).And though he is
now seated in heaven, he is God present with his people (Matt. 18:20; 28:20).
Is God omniscient? So is Christ. He ever
knew what was in man. He told the Samaritan woman all that she had ever done,
and exposed the secret thoughts of his enemies(John
Don Fortner