Realize the Fullness of Christ
Do you realize the fullness of Christ? Do you live it?
School’s out; quit studying faith and start living it!
You have received Christ; now live him.
Put what you have learned in practice and live large.
Do everything in him and let your living spill over into thanksgiving.
My counsel for you is simple and straightforward: Just go ahead with what you’ve been given. You received Christ Jesus, the Master; now live him. You’re deeply rooted in him. You’re well constructed upon him. You know your way around the faith. Now do what you’ve been taught. School’s out; quit studying the subject and start living it! And let your living spill over into thanksgiving. (Colossians 2: 6-7, MSG)
You have come to fullness in Christ, you don’t lack anything. When you are in Christ, you have everything you need. Because of God’s approval, you don’t need other people’s approvals. You are free in Christ. Because of God’s love, you are not desperate for other people’s love. You are free in Christ.
Now put that freedom in practice. Live large. Laugh loud. Love big. And always abide in Christ. That’s when you are happiest. That’s how you are empowered. That’s what’s living abundantly is all about.
Watch out for people who try to dazzle you with big words and intellectual double-talk. They want to drag you off into endless arguments that never amount to anything. They spread their ideas through the empty traditions of human beings and the empty superstitions of spirit beings. But that’s not the way of Christ. Everything of God gets expressed in him, so you can see and hear him clearly. You don’t need a telescope, a microscope, or a horoscope to realize the fullness of Christ, and the emptiness of the universe without him. When you come to him, that fullness comes together for you, too. His power extends over everything. (Colossians 2:8-10, MSG)
The fullness of Christ is available for everyone who wants to believe. When the Holy Spirit lives in us, we are experiencing the way of salvation. We don’t need a telescope, a microscope, or a horoscope to find God and realize the fullness of Christ. We don’t need to discover mysteries or special experiences to discover the divine secret. It’s already out and open for everyone. The mystery of God is revealed in Jesus. Nothing else, nothing more, nothing less.
The way of Christ leads us into abundant life. There is no other way but Jesus. Our choice: the emptiness of the universe without Christ. Or everything coming together for us in Christ Jesus. That choice is easy for me. It’s Jesus. It’s Jesus today, tomorrow and forevermore. Because his power extends over everything. In him I have life and more life. In him I have come to fullness. Without him I am empty and lost. I don’t want that. I want to live large, laugh loud and love big. Only in Jesus. But abundantly in him. Thank you, Jesus!
Gracious God,
Thank you for offering us life and more life
by grace through faith in Jesus.
Thanks for empowering us through Jesus.
Thanks for fullness in Jesus.
Amen
Q4U: How does fullness in Jesus affect your life?
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11 thoughts on “Realize the Fullness of Christ”
Dear Mari-Anna
Yes, dear one, Jesus is the Gospel of God. He is all we need to be reconciled to our Father again.
Blessings
Mia
Thank you for stopping by and commenting. I so appreciate you, Mia! Abundant blessings on your way!
when yoy die , left yoyr body, YH ask what yoy have done?, some doctorate, 3 children, always loved me every day? or think this is nice place to live?
THINK THAT!
aswanash alehim
im anu el
i with god
when tattoos first troops will come 2014, im only watch
and the big fleet will come 2029 as apophet and apophis
and then im go to my father and shake with pope benedict, and he see ashwelon,
only pope
aswanash alehim
nehawah ne wah na
cisa teki 2020 vaalituloksen väärennöksen ja 2024 ranskassa saman
Trump syyttää muita mutta syy on omassa pesässä
demokraatit kuten harris ovat ihan pihalla asioista.
voi hyvin porin tyttö
jenkit poistivat minun sanomiseni hurrikaaneista, joten saavat uuden hurrikaanin , menee karibian läpi houstoniin ja tuhoaa siellä 100 km säteellä kaiken
aamen
imanuel
ashwelon Ishmael will soon end the war in iran.
Iran will get a bad disaster.
amen
in tennesee there are more death after those four cheerleaders, ashley and others , if you do not find the killers, killers are officials, police men
imanuel
you do not understand whoi am. you speak christ , ehesush nazareth, once seen him in a dream, YHEWAH many times, last time was then when pope benedict died, a sheep 2 meter long was standing on it’s feet and spoke to me that remember who you are and what white angel spoke to you 1968 when i played with a train, she spoke 2 hours,
i said to yhewah that destroy this solar system, these people newer change,
they belong to hell
they have newer read 10 commandments and to iranian people 11th sin is to destroy anash people (jews)
john 16:11-15
imanuel
alehim seh sah
to iran leaders, pezeshkian and others, it’s difficult in live when putin and some other force people like tajikistan boss sit as they have a sword in the ass
i think Sir President Pezeshkian taht you are a good president and god enough when some mullah bastards will destroy your country, watch the movie 300, and younwill understand
eshkenash selahim
i know how this fucking world works, you iranian people laundry your money yousing turkish banks, usa knows all knows but all deniy , some nato agreement???
but all do not know, as how turkish banks laundry russian money
imri