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“And ye are complete in Him, which is the head of all principality
and power” Colossians 2:10
Completeness in the positive Spiritual sense has been a stranger to mankind
since the fall of Adam. Man is complete only in the sense that he is completely
sinful and completely Spiritually dead, which is negative as to his relationship
with God. The Bible says that the eyes of man are never satisfied in Proverbs
27:20. Complete suggests being whole, being fulfilled, satisfied,
nothing lacking. In man there is a void , an emptiness, which he continually
attempts to fill with all that he knows to utilize, which is all that
is in the world … the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and
the pride of life. So man spends his life trying to fill an abyss with
things that are perpetually changing and dying. Any happiness, contentment,
satisfaction, or gratification is temporary and short lived that is derived
from the things of the world. Only those who have the Lord Jesus Christ
as the Object or their faith and Anchor of their soul are complete. This
completeness, where it really matters, is the believer’s relationship
with God and His satisfaction. All the elect are complete in Christ and
therefore accepted by God in Him. In regeneration, by revelation, the
child of God, by faith, is enabled to see and enjoy this relationship
and therefore looks to Christ and finds peace, satisfaction, contentment
and fulfillment which is not of this world and which is eternal and everlasting,
and therefore complete. Those that continually seek out the things of
the world to find happiness and contentment are in a sad state because
their world and dreams are vanishing and will disappear before their eyes
very soon. Those that are complete in Christ and look to Him for all things
are in a happy state and will one day soon leave this world where every
thing is temporary. We will be no more complete then than now. However,
we will be able to enjoy Christ without the cares and temptations of this
fleshly tabernacle in which we live in this world. Where, and to whom,
do we find ourselves looking to find consolation and happiness? To ourselves
and the things of the world, or to Christ? The child of God is “Looking
unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith; Who for the joy that
was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set
down at the right hand of the throne of God” Hebrews
12:2.
Tommy
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