“In him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.” All the fullness of the eternal Godhead, all the fullness of the Father, all the fullness of the Son, and all the fullness of the Spirit dwells in the body of our Lord Jesus Christ! All the perfections and attributes of the infinite, incomprehensible, triune God reside in the body of the Man, Christ Jesus, for that Man, Jesus Christ, is God.
Even in his greatest humiliation as a Man, our Savior fully possessed all the attributes of Deity. Even when he was tempted, he was holy. Even when he was hungry, he possessed all things. Even when he was weak, he was Strength. Even when he was in agony, he was Almighty. Even when he was arrested, he ruled all things. Even when he was forsaken by God, he was God! Even when he died upon the cross and his body slept in the dark, damp tomb for three days, Jesus Christ was Life. He is God over all, blessed forever! He immutably and eternally possesses all the attributes of divinity. It is true, our Savior wrapped up his Deity in a human body. He hid his radiant glory as God for a time. Yet he never lost, gave up, or laid aside one particle of Deity, not even when he died as our Substitute!
Is God self-existent? So is Jesus Christ. In him is life (John 1:3). Is God eternal, without beginning of days nor end of years? So is Christ, the One who was, who is, and who is to come, the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last (Col. 1:15-17; Heb. 7:3; Rev. 1:8). Is God omnipresent? So is Christ. While here, dwelling upon the earth, he was in the Father’s bosom in heaven (John 1:18; 3:13); and though he is now seated in heaven, he is God present with people (Matt. 18:20; 28:20). Is God omniscient? So is Christ. He ever knew what was in man. He told the Samaritan woman all that she had ever done, and exposed the secret thoughts of his enemies (John 2:24; 4:29; 6:64; Matt. 9:4). Is God omnipotent? So is Christ. By his own power he created, sustains, and rules all things, and is able to subdue all things unto himself (Col. 1:16-17; Phil. 3;21). Is God immutable? So is Jesus Christ. He is God who changes not, the same yesterday, and today, and forever (Heb. 13:8). All that God is, Jesus Christ is, fully, completely, and absolutely. The man, Jesus Christ, who is our Savior, is himself the eternal God.