Colossians 2:9

Fullness of God in Christ Those who hold that Christ is God interpret this verse by arguing that since the fullness of the godhead dwells bodily in Christ, then Christ must be God Himself. The mistake stems from their misunderstanding of the term godhead. They assume that the term “godhead?that which has a nature of a God, whereas, it simply refers to the quality or attributes of God. God gave those qualities of God that dwell in Christ to Him. What are some of those qualities? Eph. 1:20-22 states. “Which he exerted in Christ when He raised him from the dead and seated him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion., and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church.?NIV) The numerous attributes that Christ possesses, all of which came from God, have led many to believe that Christ Himself is God. This is a gross mistake. Even if Christ possesses all the attributes of God, He remains different from god because all those attributes of god are God’s inherently, while all those that are in Christ were just given to Him. And above all, the fact that God has attributes not found in Christ such as being immortal, all-knowing, all-powerful, untiring and never weary prove that Christ is different from God., hence not God.