"His Fullness"

"And of His fulness have all we received, and grace for grace." (John 1:16) One thing that can not be argued with when it comes to the character of God, is the fullness of His grace. So why then should we question the one who made the grace of God accessible to us? "For it pleased the Father that in Him should all fulness dwell; and having made peace through the blood of the cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself; by Him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven." (Colossians 1:19 & 20) Paul is painting a very clear picture of who Jesus Christ is, while at the same time, he declares the fullness of what He has done. The magnitude of all that was done by His obedience unto the cross goes far beyond all that we know, or all that we could ever need to know. The mystery of how powerful a fullness we received, in that He was not just the manifestation of God, but was the fullness of God in the body of the man that dwelt among us; so much so, that His death upon that cross constituted the first and final payment for not only the sins of the world, but set the heavens in order also. We are talking about some mighty work; a work that can only be the work of the Creator of both heaven and earth! If we back up a few verses, Paul declares in his description of Jesus Christ, "Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: 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". (Colossians 1:15-17) This description matches that one from John that is given within the first eighteen verses of his Gospel; and yet, with these two very plain spoken descriptions, there are still those that will hold to their belief that Jesus could not be God. I believe that it is not because they cannot understand what is being said, but that they cannot see what is being said; plain and simple, they are blinded by something that is greater than them. Yet, this same spirit that has blinded them, has no power over those that are filled with the Holy Spirit, and no matter what deceitful logic is brought forth, we that are His church know who He really is, was, and always will be!!! The Fullness of God that has made us whole!!!