Bible Conference

A Look at Scripture Research's Conference:

a.. This coming Mid-November, Scripture Research will conduct a Bible Conference in Riverside, California on the subject of "The Pleroma." The Greek word, pleroma means the complement (not compliment) or that which fills. A pleroma (the filling) produces a pleroo, the state of fullness or ability for accomplishment.
b.. Doug Falk tells the board of Scripture Research that pleroma is that which is put in, in order to fill. It is not a state of being at full capacity or filled to the full. It is the necessary increment (part) needed to cause that which is full to be complete or adequate for all things.
c.. Illustration: In filling the car engine with oil, one does not fill the crank case to the full. There is a mark on the dip stick that lets one know exactly how many quarts of oil to put in the engine for it to be full and not over fill it. One can over fill the car engine with oil, which is not good for the engine. However, we say, "I think my car is a little low on oil, fill it up please."
d.. Colossians 2:9,10 "For in Him dwells the entire complement (pleroma) of God, and you are complete/accomplished (pleroo) in Him."
e.. Ephesians 3:19 "That you may be completed for the entire complement (pleroma) of God."
f.. If God completes Christ, does Christ complete God? Is Christ the fullness of \God?
g.. Christ is the complement (not compliment) of God (Col. 2:9) and we are the complement of Christ (Eph. 1:23) even though God compliments us "in Christ" (Eph. 1:3).
h.. Complement is "counter-Balance" or that which makes perfect.
i.. Compliment is an expression of esteem, respect, affection or admiration.
j.. As we are complemented, we are made perfect "in Christ" and are "blessed" (Eph. 1:3) or God says good things about us in his compliments.
k.. God's compliments are conditioned on His complement of us "in Christ."