June 5 - Colossians 2:9-10
“For 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.”
Oh my goodness … I just read the coolest observation on this verse. Ok, ok … I’ll share.
The phrase “fullness of the Deity” doesn’t often occur in Biblical literature, but it does in Greek literature and the thought behind this is that God has attracted to Himself all divine power of the cosmos. Christ is filled with that!
The only time we see the word ‘Deity’ in the New Testament is here in Colossians and again the imagery is that of Christ being the essence of God. Paul is talking to those who question either Christ’s humanity or His divinity, but for those of us who accept both in one man, we are exposed to grand and glorious thoughts of Jesus!
I can’t begin to imagine containing the power of the cosmos within me, but in the Divine … in God … in Christ, this is what fills Him. He doesn’t exist without knowing and being part of everything that happens. As I watch the images that the Hubble or other spacecraft send back of stars being born or exploding … Jesus is part of that. He reigns supreme over all of that. Scientists talk about life in the frozen waters of Jupiter … Jesus is part of that. This phrase reminds me that Jesus is not limited to what we can see, hear, know and understand here on earth. All of the power of the cosmos is found in Him. The fullness of the Deity in bodily form.
The promise to us comes in the next phrase as we discover that we share in this fullness. We don’t become God (thank heavens – I’m pretty sure I’d explode!), but we do share in all the goodness that comes from being united with Christ.
We make up the body – the church while Christ is over every power and authority.
Today as you look up into the sky and imagine the stars and galaxies that are far beyond that which we can see, know that Jesus is there. If we ever make it to those far reaches of the universe, the thing to remember is that He was there at their inception and is still there.
“For 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.”
Oh my goodness … I just read the coolest observation on this verse. Ok, ok … I’ll share.
The phrase “fullness of the Deity” doesn’t often occur in Biblical literature, but it does in Greek literature and the thought behind this is that God has attracted to Himself all divine power of the cosmos. Christ is filled with that!
The only time we see the word ‘Deity’ in the New Testament is here in Colossians and again the imagery is that of Christ being the essence of God. Paul is talking to those who question either Christ’s humanity or His divinity, but for those of us who accept both in one man, we are exposed to grand and glorious thoughts of Jesus!
I can’t begin to imagine containing the power of the cosmos within me, but in the Divine … in God … in Christ, this is what fills Him. He doesn’t exist without knowing and being part of everything that happens. As I watch the images that the Hubble or other spacecraft send back of stars being born or exploding … Jesus is part of that. He reigns supreme over all of that. Scientists talk about life in the frozen waters of Jupiter … Jesus is part of that. This phrase reminds me that Jesus is not limited to what we can see, hear, know and understand here on earth. All of the power of the cosmos is found in Him. The fullness of the Deity in bodily form.
The promise to us comes in the next phrase as we discover that we share in this fullness. We don’t become God (thank heavens – I’m pretty sure I’d explode!), but we do share in all the goodness that comes from being united with Christ.
We make up the body – the church while Christ is over every power and authority.
Today as you look up into the sky and imagine the stars and galaxies that are far beyond that which we can see, know that Jesus is there. If we ever make it to those far reaches of the universe, the thing to remember is that He was there at their inception and is still there.
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