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Related Verses
Col. 2:10
10 And you have been made full in Him, who is the Head of all rule and authority.

Eph. 3:8
8 To me, less than the least of all saints, was this grace given to announce to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ as the gospel

1 Cor. 1:30
30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from God: both righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

Gal. 3:27
27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

2 Cor. 5:17
17 So then if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away; behold, they have become new.

Rom. 7:4
4 So then, my brothers, you also have been made dead to the law through the body of Christ so that you might be joined to another, to Him who has been raised from the dead, that we might bear fruit to God.

1 Cor. 6:17
17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.

Col. 3:1
1 If therefore you were raised together with Christ, seek the things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.

Related Reading
The Greek word translated “full” in Colossians 2:10 implies completion, perfection. Because all the fullness dwells in Him, after we have been put into Christ (1 Cor. 1:30), we are made full, filled up, with all the divine riches. Hence, we need no other source. In Christ we lack nothing, for in Him we have been perfected and completed. There is no reason for us to turn to anything other than Christ. 

The New Testament reveals clearly that all those who believe in Christ have been put into Christ. Therefore, we are identified with Him and one with Him. The result is that all that He is and all that He has belongs to us, and all that He has experienced is our history…Furthermore, because we are one with Him, we partake of all that He has accomplished, obtained, and attained. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3571-3572) 

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We the believers are members of the all-inclusive Christ. We have been put into Him, identified with Him, and joined to Him as our Husband (Col. 1:28; Rom. 7:2-4)…We are in such a Christ, and He is in us. We have been placed into Him, we are one with Him, and we receive all that He is and has. 

A mere mental understanding of our union with Christ is not adequate. We need to exercise faith in order to partake of all that is ours in Christ. 

In their prayers, some Christians like to declare how poor, pitiful, and low they are. This kind of prayer is without faith or assurance. We need to believe with full assurance that we are one with the rich, all-inclusive Christ, with the One who is the embodiment of all the fullness of the Triune God. If we realize this with full assurance, we will never consider ourselves poor. 

We should not believe our feelings about ourselves but look away to Christ (Heb. 12:2). We need to exercise our faith to realize what He is, what He has passed through, what He has obtained and attained, and where He is today. Since He is in the third heaven and we are one with Him, we also are in the third heaven. We have been placed into the Christ who is unsearchably rich. 

In Him is the fullness, the perfection, the completion. Actually, He Himself is the fullness, perfection, and completion. Because we are in Him, we also are complete and perfect. We are those who possess the riches of Christ. 

In Ephesians 3:8 Paul speaks of the unsearchable riches of Christ…We simply have no idea what vast riches we possess in Christ. Often we have prayed: “Lord, I am poor and pitiful.” But we need to pray in this way: “Lord, I thank You that I am rich, complete, and full. Lord Jesus, because I am in You, I am short of nothing.” We should tell the Lord, the angels, and even the demons that we are richer than any earthly billionaire because we are in the Christ whose riches are unsearchable. 

When we are rooted in Christ as the soil, the first thing to take place is that we are made full in Him; we are filled with all the divine riches to become His expression (vv. 8, 17, 19). In Christ as the soil we are filled, completed, perfected, satisfied, and thoroughly supplied; we do not lack anything (cf. Phil. 1:19). Christ as the soil is the history and mystery of God with all the riches of His person and processes (Col. 2:2). 

Since Christ is the good land in which we have been rooted, we have been rooted in this fullness; in it we have been made full, complete, and perfect. We have no need whatsoever. Having been planted into this fullness, we should simply absorb nourishment from it. As we do so, we will find that we have no lack. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3572-3573) 

Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 355 

Further Reading:
The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 355 pp. 3578-end ((5) Having Died with Christ from the Elements of the World)

Hymn: #189
1 Thou art the Son beloved,
The image of our God;
Thou art the saints’ dear portion,
Imparted thru Thy blood.
Among all God’s creation
Thou art the firstborn One;
By Thee all was created,
All for Thyself to own.

2 Thou art before all creatures,
In Thee all things consist;
Of all Thou art the center,
By Thee all things subsist.
Thou art the sole beginning,
The Firstborn from the dead;
And for the Church, Thy Body,
Thou art the glorious Head.

3 Because it pleased the Father,
All fulness dwells in Thee,
That Thou might have the first place
In all we ever see.
All things Thou reconciledst
To God by Thy shed blood,
To thus present us holy
And blameless unto God.

4 In Thee God’s fulness dwelleth,
Thou art God’s mystery;
The treasures of all wisdom
And knowledge are in Thee.
Thou art the hope of glory,
In us Thou dost abide;
In Thee we are perfected
And God is satisfied.

5 All things are but a shadow
Which unto us reveal
Thyself, in whom we’re rooted,
The only One that’s real.
Enjoying all Thy riches,
Thy fulness we will be;
We’ll hold Thee, as Thy Body,
And grow with God in Thee.