In Colossians He is “the Fullness of the GodHead Bodily.”
This singularly Christological book is centered on
the cosmic Christ—“the Head of all principality and power.”
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 (2:9-10 KJV).
Christ is the fullness of the Deity—He is the Divine
Eternal God-Almighty. He is the fullness of all that God is. It is in union
with Him that we are complete. In Him is the complete expression of the divine
nature.
In Christ Jesus everyone born of God is filled with
the Godhead—and, the Godhead is the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
When Jesus came to the Earth as “the Savior of the
world,” He was “the Fullness of the Godhead bodily”—which means He was the
presentation of the Divine Trinity in bodily form—the Father, the Son and the
Holy Spirit.
He is the Head over all angelic being, principality,
and power.
Chapter 1 verses 16 and 17 say:
For by Him were all things created, that are in Heaven, and that
are in Earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or
principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him:
And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist (KJV)
This passage reveals that He is the Lord of
Creation.
He is ‘the Author of reconciliation,’ for by the
shedding of His precious Blood He made Peace, and reconciled us back to God.
And, having made Peace through the Blood of His cross, by Him to
reconcile all things unto Himself; by Him, I say, whether they be things in
Earth, or things in Heaven.
And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind
by wicked works, yet now hath He reconciled
In the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy and
unblameable and unreproveable in His sight (Col 1:20-22 KJV).
And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your
flesh, hath He quickened together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us,
which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to His cross;
And having spoiled principalities and powers, He made a shew of
them openly, triumphing over them in it (2:13-15 KJV).
In John 14:6, Jesus said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no
man cometh unto the Father, but by Me" (KJV).
Why is He the only Way to the Father?
Because He is “the Fullness of the Godhead bodily.”
Why was He able to promise His disciples, in John
16:7 that He would send the Holy Spirit—the Comforter, as He later accomplished
this?
Because He is “the Fullness of the Godhead bodily.”
He is the embodiment of full deity.
He is the Image of the invisible God, the Firstborn over all
creation (Col 1:15 NIV).
For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him… (v.19
NIV).
For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form
(2:9 NIV).
He is the Head of the Church.
And He is the Head of the body, the Church: Who is the
Beginning, the Firstborn from the dead; that in all things He might have the
preeminence (1:18 KJV).
He is the basis for the believer’s hope (Col. 1:5,
23)—Christ in us is the Hope of Glory (v.27).