Jesus Christ is not merely a moral example or a spiritual guide—He is the very embodiment of the Triune God. In His humanity, He carried the Divine Life itself, the fullness of the Godhead dwelling bodily. This is not a poetic flourish; it is the bedrock of our faith and the foundation of our inheritance.
“For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.” (Colossians 2:9)
The Father Revealed in the Son
Jesus declared, “I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me.” Every word He spoke, every work He accomplished, was not the product of independent striving or human effort. The Father Himself indwelt Jesus, acting and speaking through Him. This is not a secondary detail—it is the very means by which God’s manifold wisdom is revealed, not only to humanity but to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places.
“Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.” (John 14:11)
To see Jesus is to see the Father. His humanity was the “shell” that concealed eternal life, but the reality was never hidden from those with eyes to see. The demons recognized Him: “You are the Holy One, the Son of God.” Peter confessed Him as the Christ, not by flesh and blood, but by the Father’s own revelation. This is the Son of God, the Seed in whom the fullness of deity dwells.
The Glorification and Exaltation of Humanity
When Jesus offered Himself up in death, He did so voluntarily—no one took His life from Him. In that self-offering, He established His sovereign authority and displayed the sacrificial love that inaugurates the new covenant. His death was not defeat; it was the moment the Seed broke open, releasing Divine Life for many.
His resurrection was not a return to private glory, but the public manifestation of what He always was: God in Man, the Son of God enthroned. His humanity was glorified, lifted up, and seated at the right hand of God. This is not abstract theology. This is the beginning of the adoption of humanity into God’s family. The exalted Man, Christ Jesus, is now the Head of a new, redeemed human race and the rightful heir of all creation.
What Is at Stake
If you miss this—if you reduce Jesus to a mere example, or separate His humanity from the indwelling fullness of God—you lose everything. You forfeit the reality of adoption, the certainty of your inheritance, and the assurance of sonship. The entire structure of justification collapses if Christ is not the God-man, the Seed containing Divine Life, the One in whom the Father is fully revealed and through whom the new covenant is established. There is no throne for humanity, no Head for the redeemed race, and no access to the family of God apart from this truth.
The New Covenant and Divine Sonship
By His voluntary death and glorious resurrection, Jesus inaugurated the new covenant—a covenant not of law, but of life and sonship. He has joined Himself to us in the flesh so that we might be joined to God in Spirit. He is not a distant deity, but the Son of God and the Son of Man, ruling the universe with all authority and sharing His inheritance with those who are in Him.
This is not a secondary doctrine. It is the very heart of the gospel. To compromise here is to abandon the promise, the inheritance, and the family of God. But to believe is to stand in the full assurance of faith, cleansed in conscience, and secure in the finished work of Christ—the Triune God revealed in the face of Jesus Christ, our exalted Head and eternal hope.
