Davar Kingdom Of God

For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority (Col 2:9-10). Reading the New Testament, we often come across expressions like “in Christ,” “in him,” “in whom,” “by him,” “through him,” etc. Such expressions are especially used exuberantly again and again by Paul in his letters (more than160 times). In the above scripture, Paul first states that “all the fullness of the Deity”—the very essence and qualities of God like his love, holiness, righteousness, might and glory—dwells in Christ who has come in the flesh, and goes on to state that we believers today have come to be filled with the same “fullness” in Christ. So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness (vv. 6-7). So, he urges us to live (lit. walk) “in him” having been rooted, and being continually built