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WE ARE COMPLETE IN CHRIST
This is a VITAL message for the world today, especially when so many people rely upon man, upon their churches or their governments, or doctors, or scientists, when we have all we need in Christ Jesus. I urge you to please prayerfully read and study this page for yourself, as great deceptions are upon us.
Please study this page in connection with the following pages and you will be blessed →→ TRANSFORMING POWER OF THE GOSPEL THE FAITH OF JESUS CHRIST →→ THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH IS VICTORY OVER SIN FAITH AND WORKS →→ THE ROLE OF GOD'S LAW IN RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH →→ BY BEHOLDING WE BECOME CHANGED
Colossians 2:8-10 ...'Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are COMPLETE in him, which is the head of all principality and power.'
What is the warning? That we 'beware' of the 'traditions of men', of 'vain philosophy and deceit' and of the 'rudiments of the world.' And oh how many have been taken in by these things! There is more philosophy and tradition of men and rudiments of the world in the churches today than there is gospel truth! When Christ said ... "when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?" (Luke 18:8), He wasn't joking around. He sadly saw the state of the world and the churches in the end times which we live in today.
The various churches are more involved in worldly politics today than they are in the true gospel of Jesus Christ. Power, money and following the ways of the world are the order of the day! Look at the lengths the churches go to today to "appeal" to people of the modern world. The churches should be converting the world to God's ways, but instead the churches have been converted to the world's ways. They adopt the world's standards and ignore the fact that God never changes and His ways never change. Instead of "asking for the old paths, where is the good way, and walking therein" (Jeremiah 6:16), they seek the ways of the world. Why? Because they have rejected Christ as the only means of truth, life and salvation. There is little of the power of Christ in the churches today!
So I pray you will study and think and pray about this message and heed the warning. This is such a vital message for the time we live in and is very much connected to the final warnings to the world found in the three angels' message of Revelation 14. While the majority follows after the world, we need to beware! So let us first look at the meaning of the word 'complete'.
To be complete means to have ALL the necessary parts.
Ephesians 1:3 ...'Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with ALL spiritual blessings in heavenly places IN CHRIST..'
Colossians 1:19 ...'For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell.'
"All things Christ received from God, but He took to give. So in the heavenly courts, in His ministry for all created beings: through the beloved Son, the Father's life flows out to all; through the Son it returns, in praise and joyous service, a tide of love, to the great Source of all. And thus through Christ the circuit of beneficence is complete, representing the character of the great Giver, the law of life." (Desire of Ages, p.21)
Wait a moment! Are we told that God the Father's life flows out through the Pope, bishops or priests? Or maybe the pastors and leaders of the Protestant churches? No! It flows out through God's beloved Son Jesus Christ - and Him alone. So this means that in Christ we have ALL the necessary parts needed for life and godliness. There is nothing lacking when we are in Jesus, we are COMPLETE in Him. And when we look at this in light of the rest of scripture, then what Paul says makes sense and is very true that we ARE complete in Christ. You see the Bible tells us that God the Father gave all things into the hands of His Son. Take a look at the following verses:
John 3:35-36 ...'The Father loveth the Son, and hath GIVEN ALL THINGS INTO HIS HAND. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.'
Luke 10:22 ...'ALL THINGS are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.'
Matthew 28:18 ...'And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, ALL POWER IS GIVEN UNTO ME in heaven and in earth.'
Paul confirms in 1 Corinthians 1:24 that 'Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.' So if God the Father has given His Son ALL THINGS, and as Colossians 2 above says that in Christ dwells ALL the fulness of the Godhead. Then doesn't that mean Christ has everything HIMSELF to give us, including teaching, instruction, victory over sin AND the Holy Spirit?
So there are two questions to answer:
1 - Why do the majority of professed Christians look to their church denominations and leaders, or the pope or Mary for truth and salvation when we are complete IN CHRIST, and He has everything we need?
2 - Why do many look to "another third being" for the Holy Spirit, when we are complete in Christ and Christ himself has ALL THINGS we need?
We will deal with both of these questions on this page and provide vital truth that every single person needs in this world today. This is so important friends. I cannot stress enough how important this truth is. Please heed this message.