(a bottle is full, our gas tank is full, etc. etc).
The apostle Paul used the idea of fullness to express the truth that, in Christ, we are full of God Himself. First is the “fullness of the Godhead”—there is nothing lacking in God. He is perfect, full of deity. Then, Paul says that the fullness of God dwells in Christ in “bodily” form. Finally, if we are in Christ, then all the fullness of God dwells in us: We “are complete in Him.” If we have Christ, there is nothing more of God’s presence and reality to receive. To search for something more of God outside of Christ is a vain search.
Don’t be tempted by religious propaganda that seeks to give you something new (Colossians 2:8). If you are in Christ, you have the fullness of God. .
We thank Dr. David Jeremiah for those insights above. They remind us of:
For in [Christ] dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him.
Colossians 2:9-10