Colossians 1:19

Hello!
I saw in the online paper today that 95.6% of people are glad the elections are over. Why in the world would anyone (4.4%) still want election stuff? Are they nuts??? I'm more than glad it's over.
Because we have contact with non-believers and the arguments that they bring out, I'm so glad that the Lord had Paul write Colossians. In verse 19 He tells us: "For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him." The key word here is: fullness.
The word fullness in Greek is "pleroma" (pronounced: playROma). Paul used this term because the Gnostics (knowledge freaks) used it often. It means: the sum total of all the divine power and attributes. Another definition is: completeness. Paul has already used this term 8 times so he's basically throwing their own word back in their faces.
The other word we need to look at is "dwell". It means to "be at home permanently." Dr. Kenneth S. Wuest (Greek expert) says that this fullness was "not something added to His Being that was not natural to Him, but that it was part of His essential Being as part of His very constitution, and that permanently".
God doesn't give this to a created being. It "pleased the God" to have His fullness in Christ as proof that Jesus Christ is God. See also: John 1:16; Col. 2:9.
If you've ever struggled to prove that Christ is God, study this portion and believe it, then you'll be able to share with someone the truth.

Jesus is God,
Sandy