Read Colossians 2:8–15
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?