Blog 07-28-2008
PRaP 7/28/08
“Christ Supreme”
15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. 17He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. 19For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
21Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of[f] your evil behavior. 22But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation- 23if you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
There are some things that you just can’t add to and make them clearer. What else can be said here? Nothing! It is clear and it is precise and it is definite in the description. Christ is the image of the invisible God, equal to in every way. So we can see Him and touch Him and smell Him, and feel His presence. All things were created by Him for Him so we are His and not our own. We cannot create for we are the created. I too have become a servant of Christ and I pray you all choose Life.
Key Verse:
Colossians 1:18
And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.
Colossians 1:17-19 (in Context) Colossians 1 (Whole Chapter)
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