fullness of Christ – Three Minute Bible

December 20, 2024December 20, 2024

Colossians 2:10a – Brought to Fullness

…and in Christ you have been brought to fullness.

Summary: Being brought to fullness in Christ is like going to the spiritual candy store and getting to eat all you want.

Paul begins his sentence with the words, “For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form …” and ends them with today’s passage, “…and in Christ you have been brought to fullness.”

Have you ever seen a fountain where water flows into a bowl and then overflows into another bowl? Sometimes, there will be three bowls, each flowing into the other.

The picture Paul’s words paint is similar to the fountain. The fullness of God flows into Christ, and Christ flows into those who believe in him.

December 19, 2024December 19, 2024

Colossians 2:9 – Full of Jesus

For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form …

Summary: Sometimes we have to experience something to know what it is. When it comes to understanding the spiritual reality of Jesus, tasting is believing.

It is interesting how God’s Spirit weaves patterns in the fabric of our lives (John 3:8). Today, before writing this meditation, I was at a Bible Study discussing a similar question. In this passage, Paul writes:

“So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.” (Ephesians 4:11-13)

The last part of his sentence reads, “… attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.”

June 29, 2023June 30, 2023

Ephesians 4:13d – Beyond Measure

… attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

Summary: Measuring things only is meaningful if we can measure them in a meaningful way. Looking at the life of Jesus reveals a fullness that is beyond measure.