You Have All that You Need in Him

"For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;" (Colossians 1: 19)

Wow! Jesus has "all the fulness" -- what is that all about?

Check out the previous verses:

"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.

"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." (Colossians 1: 16-18)

John claimed that the "elders" also commanded a compelling vision of Jesus Christ:

"I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning." (1 John 2: 14)

Jesus -- He who has been from the beginning, He who is closer than a brother (Proverbs 18: 24), He who is our hope of glory (Colossians 1: 27) and the Mercy Seat for all our sins ( 1 John 2: 2)

It is no surprise, then, that Paul wrote:

"What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

"He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?" (Romans 8: 31-32)

and

"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." (Philippians 4: 13)

and

"But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4: 19)