Spoken Word no. 255
“The Stature of the fullness
of Christ”
Brian Kocourek, Pastor
June 8th, 2011 p.m.
This evening I would like to review several paragraphs
that we covered sometime back, not to make any corrections to what was said,
but that we might focus a little closer on what brother Branham was saying in
these paragraphs. The reason I want to do this is because there are errors
being taught in the Message concerning the fullness of the Godhead and what is
being taught is that “The Fullness of the Godhead is in the Church”.
Now, this is error, and does not reflect the teaching
we had from God’s vindicated Prophet. So
if you would turn with me to paragraph 89 and we will read through paragraph 91
of the Spoken Word is the Original Seed.
89
The works that Jesus did, if a man has the
Seed of God in him with the Spirit of God watering that Seed, the same
works that Jesus, was manifested in Jesus, Him being the original Seed of God,
His death brings you back to the original Seed of God, and if the same Spirit that was within Him is in you, then the same works
will be manifested. You don't believe that? All right, let's turn over to
Now, I know that some in
this Message teach that the works and greater works will be manifested in the
bride or church and that is partially true, but NOT totally correct. Then we also have those who teach that
this applies only to William Branham, because we saw only the greater works in
Him. Now, this is also true, but not totally
correct, although it is true that he alone had the greater works manifested in
his ministry. However, by focusing on the greater works, alone, we leave off
the works, and we do not fully explain what is being said in the entirety of
this verse.
And by not fully explaining this verse in it’s
entirety it will lead people to bye-pass altogether the full meaning and thus
not be open to what it fully means in your own life.
You see brother Branham quotes this verse and says, it
is a qualifier of whether you are a believer or not. So how can it be him alone
that this verse speaks of if he makes it a qualifier for you?
Questions and answers COD 64-0830M P:167 373. And will every true believer do the
works that Jesus said, as stated in
Now, notice in The Spoken Word he has been speaking
about seed life that is watered by God’s Spirit and he tells us that when that
seed life is watered by God’s Spirit it will, it must manifest the same seed
life nature that was in the original seed. But then we hear brother Branham
say, “we are going to see if you even qualify as a
believer or not by God’s Word”. So by this he is not quoting
Jesus statement as it belongs to just one man, himself. No, he is saying we will see if you even
qualify as a Believer or not. So he is talking about you. And if you
are honest you can’t read this any other way.
You see there are two statements that Jesus is making
here, and each is independent from the other but are connected together by the
word “he that
believeth” in St, John 14:12. One part of this verse deals with “the works that I do” he
says, and the other part of that verse deals with “Greater
works than these”. These what? “The works”. In other words, he is saying
“he that
believeth on me, (that’s the believer) the works that I do shall the believer do,
and Greater works
than these works shall He do, so we
see that there is in fact two statements being made here, works and greater
works.
Now, notice “Greater works that these shall he do”…That speaks
of only one person, because God interprets his word by bringing it to pass, and
no man has ever manifested “greater works than these” other than William
Branham because creation was involved in that ministry.
Brother Branham said these greater works are actually
more works, in other words they are greater in measure. Well, I have seen works
of God in my own ministry, the lame walking, the blind seeing, the deaf
hearing, cancer drop off, and on and on. But I could make a list of prayer
answered and it would not be greater in number than what we saw in Jesus, by no
shape or any form. But in the Ministry of William Branham we saw thousands of
people healed, 7 raised from the dead, thousands healed in just one meeting,
and guaranteed healings. So there has only been one man is all of history that
the greater
works or many more works was manifested and that was in the life of
William Branham.
Be not afraid 61-0213 P:13Now,
watch. "The works that I do shall you do also; and
more...” I know the King James says "greater,"
but if you get the "Emphatic Diaglott"... No one could do any
greater. He raised the dead, stopped nature. More, because then God was in one
Man, Christ Jesus. The Fullness of the Godhead bodily dwelt in Him, the
Scripture says: I
Timothy 3:16: "Without controversy
great is the mystery of godliness, for God was manifested in the flesh."
He was called Emmanuel. He was only in
one man. But this one Man, being the Son of God, gave His Life to sanctify
His Church, that He might return in the form of the Holy Ghost and be in His
Church universally. "The works that I do shall you also (same
kind); more than this shall you do, for I go to My Father,"
so that He could return back in the form of the Holy Ghost and be in His Church
universal.
But what about the first part of Jesus statement. Verily, verily,...
(absolutely, absolutely)... I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also;.
Notice that there is a semi-colon used here. A
semi-colon is used to connect independent clauses. So these two clauses are
independent from each other.
Now, you can’t read through this entire verse as though
it is one thought and then deny that the believers (plural) have never
manifested the works of the Son of God. I can show you men down through the
ages that were used by God to heal the sick, raise the dead, give sight to the
blind, cleanse the leper, heal the lame, and broken hearted, etc. Now, I don’t
say this to be contentious, but I say
this because what brother Branham is telling us here is that if you have “Son
of God seed in you” then by the law or reproduction you will manifest the same
nature as the Son of God.
So we see that there are two thoughts in this Message
at extreme ends. One places it all in the church, and the other places it all
in the prophet. And each are producing fruits according to their teaching. So
you have those who place everything in the church, somehow believing they have
become God, or at least they believe that the fullness of the Godhead is now in
the Bride, and Irenaeus fought against that same spirit in the church back in
his age.
But the others who place everything in the Prophet are
just as guilty of diluting the Word because they end up not even believing
Scriptures and end up with a one-fold ministry instead of the five-fold
ministry as the Scriptures declare. They may say they believe in a five-fold
ministry but by their actions they believe only in a one-fold ministry.
Now, brother Branham is speaking of Seed, and he tells
us that if you have Son of God seed then it will produce in you what was in the
original seed, and there is no way you can place this in just one man and one
ministry. Other wise you end up like one fellow back in the late 60’s who started
a doctrine saying William Branham was the only one who had the Holy Ghost.
Brother Branham dispels that notion altogether in his sermon What the Holy Ghost was given for 59-1217 P:10 What was God's purpose in
sending the Holy Spirit? (Now, mark that down, John 14, beginning at the 14th
verse and reading through the chapter for the basis.) God's purpose we find
here in sending the Holy Spirit, was one purpose: that God Himself might dwell in His church and continue His plans
through the church, that God was in Christ continuing His plans through Christ,
out of Christ into the church, continuing His work through the church. … 10b All that God was, He poured into
Christ, because He emptied Himself and
poured it into Christ. And Christ was the Fullness of the Godhead bodily.
All that Jehovah was, He poured into Christ. And all that Christ was, He poured
into the church, not into one
individual, but into the entire
Body. There where we come together in unity, we have power. All that God was, was in Christ, and all
that Christ was is in you.
Now, let’s read on as brother Branham clarifies what
he has just said about
90 What
is it? (What is what? He’s talking
about
Now, he is talking about the fullness of the Word in
you and of course we know that God is the Word. But that doesn’t make you God
to have the fullness of God’s Word living and abiding in you. You see, that is
where the latter rain got off. Their focus was not on God Who is the Word, but
on the manifestation of the supernatural. And that is not what brother Branham
is talking about here.
Now, when you get right down to it, we have to ask
ourselves what were the works of Christ that he said we would do? And the
answer has to be found in his own life manifested to be our example. The works
of Christ are this: to do and say only what the Father showed him
to do and say. And that’s it. So to say that is only for one
man, doesn’t cut it and to say that the greater works is for all men doesn’t
cut it either.
What Jesus is telling us in St. John 4:12 is that the believer
will wait on God to show them what to do and say, and they will respond in the
right manner doing
nothing but what the Father shows them to do, which is St. John 5:19 and
St. John 5:30, and they will speak nothing but what the
Father has taught them to say which is St. John 12:49.
In fact the attributes and characteristics of the son
can be found in the following verses:
Hebrews
5:8 Though he were a Son, yet learned
he obedience So what are the works of the son, to learn
obedience to the Father. That’s the number one work as far as I can see. And
then to follow the leading of the Father in all things.
John
5:17 My father worketh
hitherto and I work
John
5:19 The son can only do
what he sees the father do first
And then acknowledging that we have
nothing to offer but an empty vessel to God. John 5:30
The son can of Himself do nothing
but what he seeth the father do that
he doeth also.
And so by doing only
what the father shows him to do, you can not help but to become pleasing to the
Father. John 8: 29 I do always those things that please him.
And so the works you
do in the Fathers name will bear witness of you if in fact you do only what the
Father has commanded you to do as Jesus said in John 10:25 the
works I do in my Fathers name they bear witness of me.
John 10:32 many good works I showed you from my Father
John 12:49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the My Father gave me commandment
what to say and do. And so we have two sets of people, those who place
everything in Br. Branham, even to the point they believe he will raise up from
the dead and then call for the resurrection, as though he were God and not a
servant of God.
Now, let me read to
you a question that came to brother Branham about his speaking the resurrection
into existence and I want you to pay close attention to his answer.
Questions
and answers COD 64-0823M P:86 248... this the
third pull and is speaking the Word. It seems entirely possible for you to
speak the word and one would be completely and fully restored, placed entirely
ready for the rapture in the resurrection, the Son of man. This is so, or is it
not? And you would do this if properly pressed upon. Would you not "escape
all these things (it's got a ditto there) escape all these things and stand
before the Son of man"? (Luke 21:36) Now, my dear
friend. See? Now, I think here that you got a good statement. Yes, sir. Yes,
sir. Now, that would be so. You said, "Brother Branham..." In other
words, here's what I'm... I don't think that it's... I can... I believe I...
Not polishing up what you said, but I believe I can make it a little clearer to
people. See? You are believing, because of the Spoken Words and things like
that that He said about. And all of you here witnessed the squirrels and all
these other things that's been done. But
did you notice, that was Sovereignly given. I never asked Him,
"Lord, let me do this, speak these things in like that, do these things
there." I never asked Him that.
He by His own Divine will came to me and
said, "You go do this."
See? I wasn't asking one thing about it. Moses never asked to go down in
So you see, St. John 14:12
the greater works comes from following the instruction of a sovereign God who
tells you what to do and what to say, and then you just do it. We saw the
greater works in just one man but we see the works of obeying the Fathers will
daily in many sons and daughters of God.
Jesus
said in John
12:50,
as my Father said to me so I speak. And again in John 14:31 But that the world may know that I love the
Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do.
Paradox 61-1210 P:148 I
believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God, borne of a virgin,
conceived, God in a womb, a Tabernacle in which He would dwell in. I believe that, in Christ, He is the
incarnate God. He is God made flesh. When the Father God came into Jesus
Christ, He was the Fullness of the Godhead bodily; in Him dwells all the
Fullness. God the Father spoke the Words. Jesus said, "It's not Me that speaketh, but My Father
that dwelleth in Me. He doeth the speaking."
So to look at St. John 14:12
in the light of what Jesus was telling us here, he is simply saying, “if you are a true
believer you will do what The Father tells you to do and you will say what the
Father commands you to say”,
because no man can do works or greater works if the Father does not show them
to do it. And when you are dealing with the Sovereign God who made the
Universe, he said and thus His Son repeated what he said, “If you say to this mountain be plucked up and
cast into the sea and do not doubt it, you shall have what you ask. That’s why brother Branham said, “if God told me to
raise up George Washington from the grave I know I could do it.”
Why? Not because he has any power to do it, but God who commanded the light to
shine out of darkness, and the God who gave manifestation to Life from nothing can
do whatever He wills to do, and will use any vessel he so chooses to do it.
91 Then the works will be manifested in Him are the
same, for it is the same Seed Word of God. God's Son was His example Seed. And what His Life was when the
Spirit poured upon Him after His baptism and the Holy Ghost come upon Him, the very Life that He produced will, that
same watering Spirit of the Holy Ghost will bring forth the same kind of a Life, doing the same thing that He did;
if it's the same Seed. Son of God
Seed will bring forth a Son of God Seed. Now, shame on you women with
bobbed hair. Shame on you preachers denying that Truth. Say, "It's all
right; hair has nothing to do with it." But God said it did. See where
it's at? See? That's why I believe the Word. It's a Seed. And if the rain
falls upon the Seed, it'll bring forth of its kind.
Notice here that he is talking about the Original seed
when reproduced in seed form again will have to by “the law
of life”, (Genesis 1:11) “the law of
reproduction” will have to reproduce that very same nature again
and again if the seed is watered.
That brings us to the point of whether the fullness of
the Godhead come bodily into the end-time church or not.
Some take that thought
from a statement brother Branham made in his sermon “God’s Only Provided place of Worship” 65-1128M P:110, where he said, No leaven among
you, that brings the entire Fullness of
the Godhead bodily among you. Couldn't do it in Luther's age,
couldn't do it in Wesley's age, couldn't do it in the Pentecostal age; but in
the day when the Son of man will be manifested, revealed, brought back the
church together with the entire
Deity of God amongst His people,
showing the same visible signs, manifesting Himself like He did at the
beginning when He was manifested on earth in a form of a Prophet God (Oh, Glory.)
Now, some take this
thought and say it proves the Fullness of the Godhead is in the Bride in this
day. But all this quote shows me is that the brothers who use it for such can
not read. Brother Branham did not say that the fullness of the Godhead is in
the bride here, he said, “that brings the entire Fullness of the Godhead bodily among you,” as he also said here, “brought back the
church together with the
entire Deity of God amongst
His people.”
It really surprises me
how any minister who ought to be able to read his bible, would mistake the words
“among”, “amongst”
and “with” for the word “in”. The word “In” doesn’t mean the same thing as “among”, “amongst”
or “with” that brother Branham actually used here.
The word “In” speaks of “Within the limits, bounds, or area of:” in
other words it speaks of residence or dwelling inside of,
while the word “among”, “amongst” and “with” mean “in the midst of or in the company
of”, but does not speak of being “inside of”.
In Luke 17:20-21
we see a dialogue between Jesus and Christ rejecting Pharisees, 20 And when he was
demanded of the Pharisees, when the
kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God
cometh not with observation: 21 Neither
shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the
Now, these same preachers take Ephesians 4: 12
to drive home their point from the Bible. So let’s read it for ourselves.
Ephesians 4:11 And he gave some, apostles;
and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the
ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till
we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness
of Christ:
In trying to use this Scripture they will focus on
this last part here, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness
of Christ: And so they
say this fullness of Christ is the
fullness of the Godhead bodily in the church. But I do not know where they get
that from.
Paul is speaking of the ministry of the five-fold to
bring the body of Christ to the place of maturity not to a place where the
fullness of the Godhead will indwell them.
Let’s just break down this verse for you word by word.
In verse 11 and 12 he tells us that the ministry is to bring the saints to the
place of maturity and then he says in verse 13 Till we all come in The unity of The Faith, (and he already
told us in verse 8 that there is only one Lord and One Faith. So we see that
the five fold ministry is to bring us to the place of unity concerning The
Faith of that One Lord. And since Faith is a revelation, then the five fold will be used by God to bring us to
the Unity of this One Revelation of this One Lord, which is the Revelation of
Jesus Christ.) and
(which unity in This Revelation of Jesus Christ can only come
through the) the
knowledge of the Son of God,…
Now, the next few words is where they get off track.
Paul says, unto a
perfect man, (and that word perfect means finished off, completed,
fully equipped) unto the measure
(and this word measure was translated from the Greek word “metron” which means a limited
portion. So if it is a limited portion, then how can it speak of
fullness of the Goddead. So we see Paul telling us here that the Fivefold
ministry will bring the saints to a maturity or a finishing off unto the
limited portion) of the stature of the fullness of Christ:
Now, I do not know why they believe this speaks of the
fullness of the Godhead bodily in the church for the word “stature”
sure doesn’t speak of that. The Word “stature”
was translated from the Greek word “helikia”
and it means maturity.
And so when Paul uses the words, the stature of the
fullness of Christ, He is talking about the maturity of the
fulfillment of Christ. what I see is happening is that they are taking this
word fullness and not checking out their basis for the translation. This word
fullness was translated from the Greek word “pleroma”
and it can be translated as fullness, but that is not the best translation,
because it also means “fulfillment” or “completion”.
Now, the early church made this same mistake and
Irenaeus had to come against this heresy because the Gnostics were actually
taking this word pleroma and making a doctrine
that said that the fullness of the Godhead was in the Church. And they then
taught that for every attribute of God that was male there would be a counter
attribute that was female, and that is where they female Holy Ghost doctrine
comes from.
Let me read to you where this word pleroma is used in the New Testament
Scriptures. Ephesians 4:13 Till we all come in
the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect
man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness (Pleroma) of Christ:
Colossians 1:19 For it pleased the Father that in him
should all Pleroma fullness dwell;
Colossians 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the Pleroma fullness of the Godhead bodily.
Now,
we read every scripture where this word for Fullness
is used and not one of them tells us that the Fullness
is to be in the church. In fact the last couple tells us quite plainly that the
entire fullness (Pleroma)
was only contained in one Man and that was in Christ Jesus.
If these brothers would just read the Scriptures as it
was given, they would see that the Five-fold ministry was given as a gift to
the church to bring the church to maturity to the place where the character of
Christ would come to fulfillment in them.
May I read Ephesians again with the correct wording?
Ephesians 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some,
prophets; and some, evangelists; and
some, pastors and teachers; 12 For
the maturing and finishing off of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for
the building up of the body of Christ: 13 Untill we all come into
the unity of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, and of the knowledge of the Son of
God, unto our completion of character, unto
the limited portion of the fulfilling of
Christ: 14 That
we henceforth be no more children,
(you see? It is all about growing up and coming to a completeness of Character
and not being babies feeding on milk any longer. Babies who) tossed to and fro,
and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and
cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 15 But
speaking the truth in love, may grow up into
him in all things, which is the
head, even Christ: 16 From
whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every
joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every
part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
So Paul is talking about the entire body where Christ is the head, and
that the entire body does only what the head tells it to do. Now, a baby would
like to walk across the room, but it can’t. It’s mind does not have control
over it’s body. But Paul is not talking about babies that can not obey the
commands of the head. He’s talking about mature sons and daughters of God who
obey the commands of the head, which is Christ. He says we have a limited
portion, but it will be mature in character and finished off in the nature and
character of Christ who is the Head of the body.
Now, see if that isn’t the same case of what brother Branham tells us in
these other quotes concerning the fullness of the Godhead in the church.
Paradox 64-0418B P:61 Now,
for instance, we have the Spirit by
portion. He had It without measure. He was the Fullness of the Godhead
bodily, God. But we have it by measure.
Now, for instance like the little gift
that we have among us now. Now, that's like taking a spoonful of water out
of the ocean. Jesus was the whole Ocean, but this is just a spoonful. But remember, the same chemicals that's in
the whole ocean is in this spoonful; only there's more of it out there. See? He
was God. We are not God. We are not
God, but together... 62 If you notice, it was so beautifully
illustrated, when that great Pillar of Fire that followed the children of
Israel through the wilderness appeared to St. Paul... When It come down on the
day of Pentecost It broke up and tongues
of fire set upon each of them. It was God in this Pillar of Fire, the
Logos, separating Himself among His people, showing that Christ and the Bride
(See?), God and His church are becoming
one. Why, it's just the most beautiful thing you ever seen. Then together,
brethren...
Now, remember how are
we one? The same way God and Jesus were one. God is the Word and Jesus
manifested that Word. He said, Father I have given them thy Doxa that they may be one as we
are one. So it is by receiving the Doxa of God, his opinion, his
value, his judgments that we become one with God the same way Jesus was one
with God. Didn’t Jesus tell us, “at that day you
will know that I am in the father, and you in me and I in you”?
It is I be not afraid 62-0726 P:88 He
was the Fullness of the Godhead bodily. And all that Christ was, He poured into
His church. "That day you'll know that I'm in the Father,
the Father in Me, I in you, and you in Me." See? It's God. It was
God above us, God with us, God in us. See what I mean? There it is, the same
God.
And just remember in the beginning was the Word and the Word was God, so
it is God’s Word in you, not the person Himself.
In closing I am going to read you several quotes from Br. Branham
concerning the fullness of the Godhead bodily, and you will see no matter how
far back in his ministry you go, he said the same thing and never wavered
concerning it.
Awakening Jesus 63-0117 P:68 In
Him dwelt the Fullness of the Godhead bodily. We have it by measure, …
Perseverant 62-0623 P:13 But
you see, in Christ dwelt the Fullness of the Godhead bodily. Now, He was God. We are a portion of that Spirit. It was give to us by measure: Him without measure. But if I took a
spoonful of water, or a cupful of water, out of the ocean out here, it would be
the same chemicals in that water would be in the entire ocean. So that's the
way the Holy Spirit is. When It's in us; It's not as great, but It's just the
same Spirit, does the same things.
Be not afraid 62-0620 P:79 I've
just got through saying God is in His people. All that God was, He poured into
Jesus. Do you believe that? He was the Fullness of the Godhead bodily. And all
Jesus was He poured into the church: The Holy Ghost. Is that right? So it's God
in us. God in you. It doesn't make you
anything. It's not the holy mountain or the holy church. It's the Holy
Ghost, not the holy people, the Holy Ghost. See? It's the Holy Ghost in the
people; not holy people, Holy Ghost. See? And that's the thing.
Be not afraid 61-0213 P:73 But
see now, He Himself, the body, Jesus Christ, is setting at the right hand of
God in heaven. But He sent back the Holy
Spirit, the Spirit that was upon Him. Now, He had it without measure. The Fullness of the Godhead bodily was in
Him. I just got a little spoonful. That's what we have, got it by measure.
But if I took a spoonful of water out of the ocean, and brought it up here and
tested the chemicals in it, the same chemicals that's in the entire ocean is in
that spoonful, just not as much of it.
Blind Bartimaeus 59-1127 P:50 Now,
we have the Spirit by measure. He had It without measure. The Fullness of the Godhead bodily dwelt
within the Son of God. Now, Himself, He
was a
It is I be not afraid 60-0329 P: 41 But
when God was here on earth in a human form, Jesus Christ was God made flesh and
dwelling among us. Now, all the Fullness
of the Godhead body was in Him. He was God made manifest. No man has seen
the Father at any time, but the only
Begotten of the Father has expressed Him. God was expressing Himself, what He was through His Son, Jesus. …41b The Blood of Jehovah God created
Himself a Blood to sanctify His people. And then in that dwelt the Fullness of the Godhead bodily. He had the Spirit
without measure. We have it by measure.
As I thought on my way 59-0814 P:66 Now,
Jesus, one time in His ministry... Now, He had the fullness of the Godhead bodily dwelt in Him. How many knows
that, the Spirit without measure? We
have the Spirit by measure. But if the Spirit of God is in me, the same was
in them, in Him, in you, It'll work the
same way. It's the same Spirit,
but not as much. It's the
same Spirit, not as much. Just like a spoonful of water out of the
ocean: it's the same chemicals is in the spoonful there is in the whole ocean,
but just not that much of it. He had It
without measure, we have It by measure. All the fullness of God was in Him. God was in Christ, Himself,
reconciling the world to Himself.
Jesus Christ the same 58-0515 P:17 God gave Jesus His Spirit without measure.
In Him dwelled the Fullness of the Godhead bodily. He was God manifested in the
flesh. The Bible said, "That God was in Christ reconciling the world
to Himself." But when He give out His Spirit to we adopted sons, He gives us a
bucket-full out of that ocean. He
had all the Fullness of the Godhead; we just have a portion of it as a gift of
the Holy Spirit. But if I took one bucket-full of water out of the ocean,
or even a teaspoonful of it, out of the ocean, the same chemicals that's in the
entire ocean, would be in that spoonful. Be just less in quantity, not less in quality. So the same Holy Spirit that was in Christ is in His Church.
Then Jesus came 57-1213 P:58 Now,
we know that He's here tonight, but the
Spirit that we have tonight is just a little portion of His Spirit. See?
Now, in Him dwelled the Fullness of the Godhead bodily, and... He had the Spirit without measure. We have
It by measure.
Inter veil 56-0121 P:8 He
was God, incarnate God, made manifest here on earth in flesh to give us what
God was. God was in His Son reconciling
the world to Himself. No
man will ever reach that plane. He's God's only begotten Son. Or, "In
Him dwelled the fullness of the Godhead bodily." Everything of God was in Christ. But you have the Spirit by portion. He had It without measure. You got a measure, like a spoonful of
water out of the ocean.