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Colossians 1:15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
Colossians 1:16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that
are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities
or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.
Colossians 1:17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
Colossians 1:18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning,
the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.
Colossians 1:18 “… that in all things He may have the preeminence.
Colossians 1:18 (YOUNG)”that he might become in all things –himself–first,”
Colossians 1:18 (AMPC) “and in every respect might occupy the chief place.”
1. JESUS IS FIRST IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE FATHER.
Colossians 1:15 “He is the image of the invisible God, …”
John 1:18 “No one has seen God at any time.”
Exodus 33:20 “… no man can see Me and live!”
1 John 4:12 “No one has seen God at any time.”
John 4:24 “God is a Spirit: …”
Luke 24:39 “… Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones
as you see I have.”
John 1:18 (NIV) No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is
himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
Colossians 1:15 “He is the image of the invisible God, …”
2. JESUS IS FIRST IN RELATIONSHIP TO HIS CREATION.
Colossians 1:15 He is … the firstborn over all creation.
Colossians 1:16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that
are on earth, visible …
3. JESUS IS FIRST IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE UNSEEN WORLD.
Colossians 1:16 “… invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities
or powers.
4. JESUS IS FIRST IN RELATIONSHIP TO INHERITING ALL THINGS.
Colossians 1:16 “… All things were created through Him and for Him.
Revelation 1:8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,”
says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
Romans 8:16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children
of God.
Romans 8:16 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ,
Colossians 3:24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the
inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.
5. JESUS IS FIRST IN RELATIONSHIP TO SUSTAINING ALL THINGS.
Colossians 1:17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry told a group of attendees this year at the World
Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (quote)
When you stop and think about it, it’s pretty extraordinary that we select group
of human beings because of whatever touched us at some point in our lives, are
able to sit in a room and come together and actually talk about saving the planet,’
It’s so… almost extra-terrestrial to think about, “saving the planet.” If you say
that to most people most people, they think you’re just a crazy tree hugging and
lefty liberal, you know, do-gooder, whatever.’
2 Corinthians 10:17 (MSG) “If you want to claim credit, claim it for God.”
2 Corinthians 10:17 (VOICE) “The one who boasts must boast in the Lord.”
Deism is a theory that believes in the existence of a supreme being and in a
creator who does not intervene in the universe.
2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the
heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent
heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
6. JESUS IS FIRST IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE CHURCH.
Colossians 1:18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning,
The Jesus in me would come together with the Jesus in you to trust and obey
the mind of Christ as contained in the Scriptures.
7. JESUS IS FIRST IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE RESSURECTION
Colossians 1:18 “… the firstborn from the dead …”
Revelation 1:18 I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive
forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.
8. JESUS IS FIRST IN RELATIONSHIP TO EVERYTHING PERIOD.
Colossians 1:18 “… that in all things He may have the preeminence.
Colossians 1:18 (NASB) “… so that He Himself will come to have first place in
everything.
