Christ: The Center of God's Divine Plan
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"According to God's good pleasure, which he set forth in Christ as a plan, it is a household administration for the fullness of time. All the periods of time, so a household plan for the fullness of all the periods of time to sum up all things in him, in Christ, things in heaven and things on the earth." [00:27:21]
"The great deepest good pleasure of God is now being set forth that is realized and enacted in history as a plan and as a purpose to sum up all in Christ. If God's administrative plan for the universe or for history and particularly the plan of redemption in history, if that household plan comes to pass, it will be the fullness of all the periods of time." [00:65:50]
"The meaning reaches its consummation, its climax, its completion when that administration is done according to God's will. So the fullness here, I think, means the fullness of the meaning of these periods of time. The point, the reason they exist, the reason all these periods of time in this household plan exist will reach its fullness when this household plan is fulfilled the way God means for it to be fulfilled." [00:126:28]
"The effect will be that everything, and I think this all things here is the all things that are included in how this plan works. All things will find their sum, their meaning, their head, their goal, everything they were pointing to will be in Christ. So the administration of all things will prove to be a fullness of meaning when those things are carried out as God plans." [00:182:38]
"Christ will be the endpoint, the climax, the main thing, the point, the goal, the sum of that entire plan. And the all things now, let me try this, this is Paul is just about flying so high here, we can't go with him because it's pretty amazing and high." [00:240:24]
"Love is the sum of all commandments, right? Any other commandment, all these commandments and any other commandment are summed up in this word, namely love. So love is the sum of all the commandments. Now he says, I think again, same thing in verse 10, love does no wrong to a neighbor, therefore love is the fullness of the law." [00:326:00]
"Love is the fullness of the law. You see how parallel these are: commandments, law, sum, fullness, love, love. Now I can't help but be amazed that this is the only other place in all of Paul's writings where the word sum up occurs, and it occurs with the same word fullness that we have back here." [00:364:24]
"When all the commandments are added together, this is like a mathematical thing, the sum you get is love. And when the law is filled up with full and perfect obedience, the sum you get is love. And I'm suggesting that since these are the same for both the sum word picture and the fullness word picture, that back here Christ is the same for the fullness and the sum up." [00:442:28]
"Just as Christ is the sum of all things, all things, so if you add all things together, the sum at the bottom will be Christ. And I'm saying these all things here are the way this household administration is to be carried out. Everything in this household administration in running history is to be done in a certain way, namely in a way that shows the fullness of the periods of time." [00:490:14]
"Christ is the fullness, the fullness of the meaning of all the periods of time in history is Christ. If you were to ask, fill up the meaning of every period of time, what's the meaning of every period of time in redemptive history, the answer is going to be Christ." [00:533:16]
"The good pleasure of God is being enacted or set forth in history with one main overarching goal, namely that when it's all done, the fullness and the sum will be Christ. The world is about Christ, the universe is about Christ, history is about Christ, everything in the world is about Christ." [00:564:14]
"All things created through him and for him is the sum of all things that he might be supreme in all things." [00:605:12]
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"The great deepest good pleasure of God is now being set forth that is realized and enacted in history as a plan and as a purpose to sum up all in Christ. If God's administrative plan for the universe or for history and particularly the plan of redemption in history, if that household plan comes to pass, it will be the fullness of all the periods of time." [00:65:50]
"The meaning reaches its consummation, its climax, its completion when that administration is done according to God's will. So the fullness here, I think, means the fullness of the meaning of these periods of time. The point, the reason they exist, the reason all these periods of time in this household plan exist will reach its fullness when this household plan is fulfilled the way God means for it to be fulfilled." [00:126:28]
"The effect will be that everything, and I think this all things here is the all things that are included in how this plan works. All things will find their sum, their meaning, their head, their goal, everything they were pointing to will be in Christ. So the administration of all things will prove to be a fullness of meaning when those things are carried out as God plans." [00:182:38]
"Christ will be the endpoint, the climax, the main thing, the point, the goal, the sum of that entire plan. And the all things now, let me try this, this is Paul is just about flying so high here, we can't go with him because it's pretty amazing and high." [00:240:24]
"Love is the sum of all commandments, right? Any other commandment, all these commandments and any other commandment are summed up in this word, namely love. So love is the sum of all the commandments. Now he says, I think again, same thing in verse 10, love does no wrong to a neighbor, therefore love is the fullness of the law." [00:326:00]
"Love is the fullness of the law. You see how parallel these are: commandments, law, sum, fullness, love, love. Now I can't help but be amazed that this is the only other place in all of Paul's writings where the word sum up occurs, and it occurs with the same word fullness that we have back here." [00:364:24]
"When all the commandments are added together, this is like a mathematical thing, the sum you get is love. And when the law is filled up with full and perfect obedience, the sum you get is love. And I'm suggesting that since these are the same for both the sum word picture and the fullness word picture, that back here Christ is the same for the fullness and the sum up." [00:442:28]
"Just as Christ is the sum of all things, all things, so if you add all things together, the sum at the bottom will be Christ. And I'm saying these all things here are the way this household administration is to be carried out. Everything in this household administration in running history is to be done in a certain way, namely in a way that shows the fullness of the periods of time." [00:490:14]
"Christ is the fullness, the fullness of the meaning of all the periods of time in history is Christ. If you were to ask, fill up the meaning of every period of time, what's the meaning of every period of time in redemptive history, the answer is going to be Christ." [00:533:16]
"The good pleasure of God is being enacted or set forth in history with one main overarching goal, namely that when it's all done, the fullness and the sum will be Christ. The world is about Christ, the universe is about Christ, history is about Christ, everything in the world is about Christ." [00:564:14]
"All things created through him and for him is the sum of all things that he might be supreme in all things." [00:605:12]
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