“The Son is the
image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were
created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones
or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him
and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 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. For God was pleased to have all
his fullness dwell in him, and 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”
(Colossians 1:15-20 NIV).
What a
powerful passage. God, the Son is the image of a God we cannot see
except in Jesus Christ. The fullness of God dwells in Him. He is the firstborn
or the highest ranking, unique. He
created all things, visible and invisible, in the beginning. And He is not created, but existent in heaven and earth before
creation. Let me pause here to recognize that many people didn’t know that
Jesus created all things and is His identical image.
But I love the fact that in Him “all things hold together.”
The King James says in Him all things “consist.” Scientists say that there is a
molecular-magnetic force of gravity holding everything together, you know,
Superglue. It reminds me of the joke of a scientist and God having a contest to
make man. The scientist picks up a lump of clay and God says, “make you own
mud.” Right, so what is gravity, and who
made it? Scientists say molecules just grew out of evolution. But who created
the first atom?
I read and believe that Jesus is the head of the church and
all things; He is supreme. He is not the
caricature that is created of Jesus being just a man with wisdom and a friend
or buddy. No He is in charge.
Yet He has “reconciled” all things to Himself through His
sacrificial death on the cross. He has allowed each of us to have peace with
God once again because our sin had separated us from Him. He has given us His
goodness or holiness and peace when believing in Him as Savior and Lord of the
universe and of each of us.
There are other descriptive passages in Scripture about
Jesus, but I believe that this passage is the strongest in identifying who He
is and therefore who He is not. We have a choice to believe this statement and
live, or not and die spiritually.
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