I want to talk to you a few minutes about the fullness of Christ. We read in the 1st chapter of John and at the 16th verse, these wonderful words, "And of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace." If this text means anything, it means that every grace that budded and grew and blossomed and bore fruit in the life of Jesus Christ, we are to have a like grace in our life. It means that whatever Jesus was full of, that. you are to be filled with, or whatever He was filled with, you are to be full of, and if we can find out what He was full of, then we will have no trouble in finding out what we are to be filled with. In making this discovery we will find the key that will unlock the door of the whole situation and let us into the storehouse of the fullness of Christ. Now in Col. 1st chapter 19th verse St. Paul says, "It pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell." In this quotation we have a hint at what we are about to receive, and so we read again in Col. 2d chapter 9th verse where the apostle says, "For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily." Now this text tells us that the triune Godhead dwells in Christ. Now in connection with this text in Eph. 3d chapter 17th verse Paul says that "Christ is to dwell in our hearts by faith." Now if the Godhead dwells in Christ, and Christ dwells in us, we will understand what He means when He said, "And of his fullness have all we received." But we will make that point a little clearer or some one might say, "Does the Godhead dwell in Christ?" And we say "yes," and prove it by these two Scriptures. First, in II Cor. 5th chapter 19th verse we read, "To wit that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself." Now here is God the Father in God the Son and God the Son in humanity, and the Son in humanity is God the Father, reconciling the Father and the human family.
The next Scripture that we will use to prove that the Godhead dwells in Christ, is the third chapter of John and the 34th verse, we read that "God the Father gave not the Spirit by measure unto Jesus." That proves that Jesus Christ was so great that He could comprehend the Godhead.
But that isn't all: when we think of the fullness of Christ, the very statement means even more than we have named. For we read again in Col. 3d chapter 3d verse, "In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge." Then we understand what Paul meant in 1st Cor. 1st chapter and 13th verse where he said. "But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption." And further we read in Luke 1st chapter 15th verse where the Lord said to the disciples, "For I will give you a mouth and a wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay or resist."
Now we have noticed a few things at least to show what it means to us to be filled with all the fullness of Christ. Again we notice when we think of the fullness of Christ and that we are to be filled with everything that was in Him, that He was full of gentleness, and if the Book means anything, it means that we are to be gentle as He was gentle. Again we notice that He was full of patience. He never manifested a spell of impatience. He was patient with Pontius Pilate when He was on trial for His life, and He was patient when Peter drew his sword and cut off a man's ear; He was patient with James and John when they wanted to call down fire and burn up people who did not want to hear Jesus preach. So you see if we have His fullness, we will have a good supply of patience. He was also full of purity. Not an unclean word was ever uttered by the Son of God.
He has been called the "Lily White" Christ and if we are full of what He was filled with, we will have in stock a large supply of purity. Christ was filled with the spirit of charity. We read that He gave His life for the world, and His clothes to His enemies, and His back to the smiters, and His cheeks to them that plucked off the hair. So if we are filled with what He was full of, we will have plenty of charity toward the other fellow.
Robinson, Reuben A. (Bud). The Collected Works of 'Uncle Bud' Robinson (Kindle Locations 3804-3833). Jawbone Digital. Kindle Edition.
The next Scripture that we will use to prove that the Godhead dwells in Christ, is the third chapter of John and the 34th verse, we read that "God the Father gave not the Spirit by measure unto Jesus." That proves that Jesus Christ was so great that He could comprehend the Godhead.
But that isn't all: when we think of the fullness of Christ, the very statement means even more than we have named. For we read again in Col. 3d chapter 3d verse, "In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge." Then we understand what Paul meant in 1st Cor. 1st chapter and 13th verse where he said. "But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption." And further we read in Luke 1st chapter 15th verse where the Lord said to the disciples, "For I will give you a mouth and a wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay or resist."
Now we have noticed a few things at least to show what it means to us to be filled with all the fullness of Christ. Again we notice when we think of the fullness of Christ and that we are to be filled with everything that was in Him, that He was full of gentleness, and if the Book means anything, it means that we are to be gentle as He was gentle. Again we notice that He was full of patience. He never manifested a spell of impatience. He was patient with Pontius Pilate when He was on trial for His life, and He was patient when Peter drew his sword and cut off a man's ear; He was patient with James and John when they wanted to call down fire and burn up people who did not want to hear Jesus preach. So you see if we have His fullness, we will have a good supply of patience. He was also full of purity. Not an unclean word was ever uttered by the Son of God.
He has been called the "Lily White" Christ and if we are full of what He was filled with, we will have in stock a large supply of purity. Christ was filled with the spirit of charity. We read that He gave His life for the world, and His clothes to His enemies, and His back to the smiters, and His cheeks to them that plucked off the hair. So if we are filled with what He was full of, we will have plenty of charity toward the other fellow.
Robinson, Reuben A. (Bud). The Collected Works of 'Uncle Bud' Robinson (Kindle Locations 3804-3833). Jawbone Digital. Kindle Edition.
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