Jesus Has It All

 In Matthew 11:27, Jesus makes this statement ... "All things are delivered unto me of my father ..."

The first thing I notice is that there is a difference between Jesus the man and God the Father.  Even though Jesus was God in the flesh, (which I teach as much as anyone) ... things were delivered unto Christ.

God the Father had nothing delivered unto Him ... He has always had all things, all power, all glory, and is to be considered the utmost of any and all things, and as such was never in need of anything.  But as man, Jesus needed more than what His physical body afforded him.  So what was delivered unto Him from God the Father?

First of all ... Jesus was not given the Holy Spirit in measure (John 3:34) like we are.  That's just the starting point. His spirit man was the Holy Spirit.

The two words, "all things" are really one in the original, the word "pas," which means ... the whole of everything.

Jesus said, they are "delivered" unto Me.  Delivered is an interesting choice of words as used here.  My dictionary states that it is a verb that means ... "to bring and hand over" ... which is exactly what God the Father did.

The meaning in this scripture is the same, (God did hand things over) but as the original Greek always does, adds a little more information.  The word originally used is, "paradido-mi" ... (pronounced par-ad-id'-o-mee) and means ... to surrender, yield up and entrust.

You see ... when the "Word" in heaven entered Mary's womb to become flesh ... He first emptied Himself of all that was God, (if that is possible) and was born as a man.  The phrase in Philippians 2:7 ... "made Himself of no reputation" ... in the original reads, (to make empty.)

Philippians 2:7 in the Amplified Bible says that Jesus ... "stripped Himself of all privileges which make God God ..."
     
This is why the man Jesus needed all these "things" delivered again unto Him from the Father.  God ... entrusted all, the whole of everything with Jesus.     

This includes what Jesus tells His followers in Matthew 28:18 ... "All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth."

What's in this power?  To find that out, we need to look at the Greek word that our English word "power" was translated from.  There are several descriptive terms that collectively represent the nature, character and authority of who Jesus was. 

The word is ... "exousia" ... (pronounced ex-oo-see'-ah) and means ... in the sense of ability, privilege, freedom, mastery, control, influence, and authority as a magistrate or potentate.     

You can take your pick as far as which particular word fits your understanding of the definition of "power" ... but when dealing with Jesus, it is my opinion that we need all of them to fully comprehend that He was literally, fully God.   

This explains His ability to have total control over every situation He was confronted with, whether nature, man, or Satan.

I want to look at just a few of the examples the Holy Scriptures have to say about the position Jesus has been given concerning the power and authority, (included in the "things") that have been delivered unto Him.

King David, speaking to God in Psalms 8:6 said this ... "Thou madest Him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet." 

The Apostle Paul at least twice quotes the Psalmist David ...

1st Corinthians 15:27 ... "For He hath put all things under His feet."

And in Ephesians 1:22 ... "And hath put all things under His feet ..." 

John the Baptist said in John 3:35 ... "The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into His hand."

Jesus added a new wrinkle when He said this in John 5:22 ... "The Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son ..."

Now why would God make Jesus the judge of all?  Because He delivered and handed over all things unto His Son ... even judgment.

Philippians 2:9-11 ... "Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."

The translators put the word ... things ... in this scripture, with good reason.  Jesus has had all things entrusted into His hands.

Jesus has it all.