For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you
are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.
Colossians 2:9,10
Not 10%, not 50%, not even 90%, but 100% of the fullness of the Godhead belonged to Christ. What does that mean, exactly? It means that all that is God (i.e. His power, His majesty, His holiness, His character) was bound up in the body of Jesus. Nothing was missing. He wasn’t a condensed form of deity; He was the real deal.
Having the Fullness of the Godhead in bodily form took nothing away from the Father, but allowed the Creator to touch and redeem His creation in ways He couldn’t do as a distant deity. “For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross” (Colossians 1:19,20).
True faith in the Savior includes and concludes that He is God. He always was and always will be. There is only one True God, and the Lord Jesus is the manifestation of that Supreme Being. The Son of God isn’t inferior to God the Father and never took away anything from the Father. “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God” (Philippians 2:5,6).
The realization that Jesus is the Fullness of the Godhead should shake people up. It certainly did in the first century. Many of those who shouted “Crucify Him!” or jeered at Him, or spit on His face, later fell down on their knees with fear and repentance when they realized they allowed the Prince of Life to be put to death.
Today, most people just don’t get it. They either don’t know that Jesus is the Fullness of the Godhead, or they really don’t understand what that means. They demean and reject Christ’s sovereignty and control over their lives by viewing Him as less than God.
Christ knows all, sees all, and has existed for all eternity. When He lived and walked on earth, in His body was the Fullness of the Godhead.
August 5
