January 27, Morning

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"And of his fulness have all we received." — John 1:16 · KJV

These words tell us there is a fullness in Christ. There is a fullness of essential Deity, for "in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead." There is a fullness of perfect manhood, for in Him that Godhead was revealed in a body. There is a fullness of atoning power in His blood, for "the blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanseth us from all sin." There is a fullness of justifying righteousness in His life, for "there is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus." There is a fullness of divine prevailing in His plea, for "He is able to save to the uttermost them that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them." There is a fullness of victory in His death, for through death He destroyed him who had the power of death, that is, the devil. There is a fullness of power in His resurrection, for by it "we are begotten again unto a lively hope." There is a fullness of triumph in His ascension, for "when He ascended up on high, He led captivity captive, and received gifts for men." There is a fullness of blessings of every kind: grace to pardon, grace to regenerate, grace to sanctify, grace to preserve, and grace to perfect. There is a fullness at all times — a fullness of comfort in affliction, a fullness of guidance in prosperity, a fullness of every divine attribute, of wisdom, of power, of love; a fullness impossible to survey, much less to explore. "It pleased the Father that in Him should all fulness dwell." Oh, what a fullness this must be, of which all receive! A fullness indeed, when the stream is always flowing and yet the well springs up as free, as rich, as full as ever. Come, believer, and get all your need supplied; ask largely, and you shall receive largely, for this fullness is inexhaustible, and it is stored where all the needy can reach it — in Jesus, Immanuel, God with us.