Reading:
For it pleased the
Father
that in him should all fulness dwell; And, having made peace
through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto
himself; by him, I
say,
whether they
be
things in earth, or things in heaven. And you, that were sometime
alienated and enemies in your
mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled.
Commentary:
Christ had all the fullness of God, bodily. All of God then
is in that One person of Christ, including ALL the Father and ALL the
Spirit, yet God cannot ALL be contained in One body, for the heaven
of heavens cannot contain Him. Such then is a mystery for us, yet
our salvation is no mystery. God was in Christ reconciling the world
unto Himself. Our reading says the same, for Jesus "made peace
through the blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto
Himself." By our sins we could not make peace with God, nor buy
one day in heaven. Rather it pleased the Father not only to send the
Son, giving Him all fullness, but it also pleased the Father to
bruise Him, our sins being there. Hence Christ removed and took away
from us all God's wrath against our sin. In His heart there is now
only peace, love, and mercy toward His believing children, though His
wrath is upon those in unbelief. Since God has justified the whole
world through Christ, by faith alone we are justified.
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