You have to love the KJV wording of these two awesome verses. Check it –
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily
And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power
I’m no Bible-translator, nor do I play one on the internet – but I do love to think about awesome truths when I see them.
Jesus Christ is fully-God. All that God is, Jesus is. He is THE revelation of God, about God, to us – in a body. The character, nature, heart, purpose, mind, and glory of God – the “whole fulness of deity” – lives in Jesus.
Wow.
Now, check this next part. We are “complete” in Him. We “have been filled” in Him. This Jesus, who is above all other powers and more perfect than any other authority – He has declared us, caused us to be, and made us by His death-conquering love, “complete”. He has released us from our sin, saved us from our death, and blessed us with His life. He is ours. We are His.
At a minimum, this verse is stating that we are, at present, in this moment, at this time, right now – complete in Jesus. There is nothing wanting, lacking, or missing.
That’s grace upon grace.
We can now stop searching for acceptance, based on our own performance, and simply live out of the acceptance, in Christ, that we already have. Jesus isn’t worried that He might, someday, become “less” like God – and we shouldn’t worry that we might, someday, become “less” accepted by God.
We should trust God, take Him at His word, and live out of the grace-life He has given us.
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Be blessed. Thoughts on Colossians 2:9-10
Posted by Jason on February 18th, 2014
You have to love the KJV wording of these two awesome verses. Check it –
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily
And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power
I’m no Bible-translator, nor do I play one on the internet – but I do love to think about awesome truths when I see them.
Jesus Christ is fully-God. All that God is, Jesus is. He is THE revelation of God, about God, to us – in a body. The character, nature, heart, purpose, mind, and glory of God – the “whole fulness of deity” – lives in Jesus.
Wow.
Now, check this next part. We are “complete” in Him. We “have been filled” in Him. This Jesus, who is above all other powers and more perfect than any other authority – He has declared us, caused us to be, and made us by His death-conquering love, “complete”. He has released us from our sin, saved us from our death, and blessed us with His life. He is ours. We are His.
At a minimum, this verse is stating that we are, at present, in this moment, at this time, right now – complete in Jesus. There is nothing wanting, lacking, or missing.
That’s grace upon grace.
We can now stop searching for acceptance, based on our own performance, and simply live out of the acceptance, in Christ, that we already have. Jesus isn’t worried that He might, someday, become “less” like God – and we shouldn’t worry that we might, someday, become “less” accepted by God.
We should trust God, take Him at His word, and live out of the grace-life He has given us.
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Also, if you shop at Amazon, please do so through the The Grace Station Amazon Page. When you do so, Amazon kicks a small amount my way (without charging you anything extra) which helps keep The Grace Station up and running. Thanks so much!
Be blessed. 
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