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Colossians 1:15–17 · BSB
1:15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
1:16 For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
1:17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
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…to our fellowship, but it's a way to speak about why it is that we are called together as a people for God's praise. And it is based largely fromColossians chapter 1, verses 15 through 20, which we're going to read together now. Before I read the text, beloved, let me remind you that this is God's word to us. It was written for His…
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…those questions. And so in light of that, we get to our passage this morning. Who is God and what is he doing in the world? And so let's look atColossians chapter 1 verses 15 to 23this morning. Now, I've got three points as always. Every good sermon has only got three points. I promised Edwin yesterday I'd have two points.…
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…about this Jesus as he discloses himself. We know that specifically from a couple different places in particular. One of them would be the book ofColossians chapter 1 verses 15 to 20. We naturally jump to those verses because the letter that Paul wrote to the church in Colossae was meant, as you can read right there in the…
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…in history. When that baby was born, God's plan took a decisive turn. What child is this? What child is this born unto us? If you're looking atColossians 1, verses 15 through 20, Paul says this is who this child is. Let me read it for us. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation, for by him all…
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…statement, again, not unique to churches, but a way for us to express what we believe we need to be doing as a congregation comes largely fromColossians chapter 1, verses 15 through 20. So let me read that, and I would ask you to follow along with me. I'm reading from the ESV translation. Paul's letters of the Colossian church,…
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…end to an ordinary life or it was a profoundly meaningful and priceless crowning event for the one who now stands as the king of the universe.Colossians 1:15-20. By him and through him all things were made and those things were bought back by his blood shed on the cross. The Bible says that we will one day…
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…continues and how we are called to live, this life in Christ today. So that's what we're going to be doing tonight. We're going to be looking atColossians chapter 1 verses 15 through 20. A way to think about this text, Paul's words to the Colossians, is to really think of this section here as a hymn or a poem. To see it as, within…
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…minds. And so I'd like us to read together, like I said, Colossians 1, and we're going to read verses 15 to 20, which is the heart of Colossians 1.Colossians 1:15-20. Paul writes to the church in Colossae. He is, this is Jesus, He is the image of the invisible God. The firstborn over all creation. For by Him,…
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…its people belong to him. The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof. Hey, the world and they that dwell therein. And if I took you over toColossians chapter 1, verse 15 through 20, uh, you just go over there and you read it on yourself. But he said everything God created was for him and by him and for him everything. Amen.…
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…is. In relationship to this, I want you to look at a couple different passages that are going to amplify this in your thinking and so turn over toColossians chapter 1 verse 15 through 19. By the way, as we are going to this passage, let me explain one of the characteristics of learning to be a good Bible student. You recognize that…
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…the New Testament. So we read in Proverbs chapter 8 that wisdom was the first among God's creation. It was with God in creation. And as we look atColossians chapter 1, verses 15 through 17, we see that Paul actually draws an amazing number of parallels between wisdom and the person of Jesus Christ. So he says, He is the image of the…
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