Read Colossians 2:8–15
Today’s Scripture: In Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority.Colossians 2:9–10
When Jesus Christ ascended to heaven, He went in a human body (Acts
1:1–11). It was a glorified body, to be sure, but it was real. After His
resurrection, our Lord was careful to assure His disciples that He was the
same person in the same body; He was not a ghost or a spirit (John 20:19– 29). There is a glorified Man in heaven! The God-man, Jesus Christ, embodies the fullness of God!
Now, the remarkable thing is this: Every believer shares that fullness!
“You have been given fullness in Christ” (Col. 2:10). The tense of the
Greek verb indicates that this fullness is a permanent experience. Dr.Kenneth Wuest’s very literal Expanded Translation reads, “And you are in Him, having been completely filled full with the present result that you are in a state of fullness.”
When we are born again into the family of God, we are born complete in
Christ. Our spiritual growth is not by addition but by nutrition. We grow
from the inside out.
Something to Ponder
Since nothing needs to be added to what you are, how can you continue to mature as a Christian?