The Fullness of Him

We read here that the church is Christ's body. And, when he says this, the apostle Paul is speaking of Christ's mystical spiritual body which is composed of all the saints in all generations of time from the beginning of the world until the end of the world; the total number of God's elect, which the Father gave to the Son; to love and to redeem them; to die and pay the ransom price for their salvation, and then to betroth them to Himself forever. How good it is to think about Christ as the Person who brings us to God, and the Person who Himself is God the Son. Christ is Head over all things to His Church, and He was not simply given by the Father to be Head over her to rule her, but He was also given, to cause her to know and to experience the demonstration of His fullness, so that we His Church would be the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
So we must ask – What does it mean for the Church to be the fullness of Christ who fills all in all? Well, 1st of all – It means that Christ has a spiritual fullness in Him of which we have all received. And 2nd – It means that every aspect of His grace and truth are to be seen in His body the Church. Let us now think together about the great purposes of God in having the Church be the fullness of Him who fills all in all.