These words tell us that there is a fullness in Christ. Listen to what fills him to overflowing!

There is a fullness of essential Deity, for "in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead." There is a fullness of perfect humanity, for in him, bodily, that Godhead was revealed. There is a fullness of atoning efficacy in his blood, for "the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin." There is a fullness of justifying righteousness in his life, for "there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus."

There is a fullness of divine prevalence in his plea, for "He is able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them." There is a fullness of victory in his death, for through death he destroyed the one who had the power of death—that is, the devil. There is a fullness of efficacy in his resurrection from the dead, for by it "we have been born again to a living hope."

There is a fullness of triumph in his ascension, for "when he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men." There is a fullness of blessings of every sort and shape. A fullness of grace to pardon. Of grace to regenerate. Of grace to sanctify. Of grace to preserve. Of grace to perfect.

There is a fullness at all times. A fullness of comfort in affliction. A fullness of guidance in prosperity. A fullness of every divine attribute—of wisdom, of power, of love. A fullness which it is impossible to survey, much less to explore. "It pleased the Father that in him all fullness should dwell."

Oh, what a fullness this must be from which all receive! Fullness, indeed, must there be when the stream is always flowing, and yet the well springs up as free, as rich, as full as ever. Come, believer, and get all your needs supplied. Ask largely, and you shall receive largely, for this fullness is inexhaustible, and is treasured up where all the needy may reach it—in Jesus, Immanuel, God with us.