CHRIST IS ENOUGH
There is a temptation that stalks the human heart—the belief that Jesus is necessary, but not sufficient. We confess His name, yet we supplement Him with performance, reputation, political power, religious busyness, or moral comparison. We say He saves, but then live as though we must secure ourselves. The sufficiency of Christ confronts that restless instinct and declares with holy finality: He is enough.
The apostle wrote that in Christ “dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily” and that we are made complete in Him (Colossians 2:9-10). Not partially repaired. Not spiritually assisted. Complete. Everything God is, is fully present in the Son. And everyone who is joined to the Son lacks nothing essential before God. We do not add to His merit. We receive it. We do not enhance His righteousness. We are clothed in it.
When Jesus cried that it was finished (John 19:30), He did not mean that a chapter had closed; He meant that the work required to reconcile sinners to God had been fully accomplished. The sacrifice was not provisional. It was not waiting on human supplementation. Hebrews tells us that by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified (Hebrews 10:14). That is sufficiency—a finished atonement that secures an ongoing transformation.
His sufficiency extends beyond forgiveness. He is sufficient for our standing and our sustaining. Paul learned this when his thorn remained and the Lord answered, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9). The answer was not removal but presence. Not escape but sustaining power. Christ does not merely pardon us and send us on our way; He abides, strengthens, intercedes, and shepherds.
He is sufficient for wisdom in confusion (1 Corinthians 1:30), sufficient for righteousness when our record condemns us, sufficient for sanctification when our habits resist change, and sufficient for redemption when death presses its claim. There is no spiritual deficit in Him. The believer’s growth is not a movement beyond Christ but deeper into Him.
This is why legalism insults Him and pride forgets Him. Legalism acts as though Christ’s obedience needs reinforcement from ours to secure God’s favor. Pride behaves as though we supplied something essential to our salvation. Both deny sufficiency. The gospel silences both. We bring sin; He brings righteousness. We bring need; He brings fullness.
And in a world addicted to spectacle and power, Christ’s sufficiency looks almost unimpressive—a crucified Messiah, a suffering Servant, a risen Lord whose kingdom is not maintained by force but by truth. Yet the weakness of God is stronger than men (1 Corinthians 1:25). The cross, which seemed like defeat, stands as the final proof that nothing else is required.
Rest here. Not in your consistency. Not in your political victories. Not in your moral track record. Rest in the Son of God who loved you and gave Himself for you (Galatians 2:20). If you have Him, you have what you need. If you lack Him, nothing else will suffice.
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Lord Jesus, deliver us from the illusion that we must add to You. Teach our hearts to rest in Your finished work and present grace. Where we strive to secure what You have already secured, quiet us. Be our wisdom, our righteousness, our sanctification, and our redemption. You are enough. Amen.
BDD
