The Fullness of The Gift
- Joshua David Brawner
- Feb 19
- 5 min read
“For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body.”
Colossians 2:9 NLT
Jesus Christ is the fullness of God. He is the greatest gift we have ever been given, and the greatest gift we could ever give. He is the provision that exceedingly and abundantly satisfies all of our needs, dreams, and desires. He is the object of our praise, worship, love and adoration. Lord our eyes are on you.
Multiple ways in which Jesus is the fullness of God and the greatest gift ever given:
1. Jesus is Reconciliation
The separation:
“Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”— therefore the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.”
Genesis 3:22-24 NKJV
The reconciliation:
“Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.”
II Corinthians 5:18-19 NKJV
2. Jesus is Propitiation
“And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.”
I John 2:2 NKJV
Propitiation in the Greek is hilasmos which means an appeasing, propitiating; the means of appeasing, a propitiation.
Strong’s Definitions: atonement, that is, (concretely) an expiator: - propitiation.
“Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins. For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past, for he was looking ahead and including them in what he would do in this present time. God did this to demonstrate his righteousness, for he himself is fair and just, and he makes sinners right in his sight when they believe in Jesus.”
Romans 3:24-26 NLT
3. Jesus is Freedom
“Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can You say, ‘You will be made free’?” Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.”
John 8:31-36 NKJV
“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin.”
Romans 6:1-7 NKJV
4. Jesus is Surety
“If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son. He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.”
I John 5:9-13 NKJV
Know in the Greek is eidō : I - do
Strong’s Definitions: properly to see; be sure
5. Jesus is Love
“It is because of the Lord’s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, Because His [tender] compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great and beyond measure is Your faithfulness.”
Lamentations 3:22-23 AMP
“The Lord your God is in your midst, A Warrior who saves. He will rejoice over you with joy; He will be quiet in His love [making no mention of your past sins], He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.”
Zephaniah 3:17 AMP
If we are going to operate to the fullness of our capacity in Him, to be everything that he created us to be, we must first receive a greater revelation of the unending depth of His love for us. We must disregard every failed representation of love that we have ever known, and allow the Holy Spirit to baptize us into the perfection of what love truly is. It is Jesus.
“that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”
Ephesians 3:17-19 NKJV
6. Jesus is Loyalty
“This is a faithful saying: For if we died with Him, We shall also live with Him. If we endure, We shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us. If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.”
II Timothy 2:11-13 NKJV
“Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified, just as it is with you, and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for not all have faith. But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.”
II Thessalonians 3:1-3 NKJV
Go Boldly,
Joshua David Brawner
The Word, The Pen, and The Mic
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