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Colossians 1:16 · BSB
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.
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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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…very first verse, it says, In the beginning, God created. God did that. We didn't do that, we didn't create our circumstance. God created. And inColossians 1:16, it says this about him. In him all things consist. They were by him and for him and through him, and in him they all happen and consist. It…
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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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…forest is mine, the kettle on a thousand hills, I know all the birds in the hills, and all that moves in the field is mine. The Bible teaches inColossians chapter 1, verse 16, that all things were created through him and for him. That everything in the created order Jesus owns. This was his property in one sense. And…
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…I mean by a life verse? It's an operating principle. How is what I am doing making God look good? That's the question. Here's another passage inColossians chapter 1 verse 16. Colossians chapter 1 verse 16. For by Him all things were created in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whatever, whether thrones or…
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…the universe by the word of His power, certainly the creator and sustainer. of this world. Colossians 1. Don't turn in here. Just stick with me.Colossians 1, verses 16-17. For by Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities, all…
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…at the Bible that's not God's role. That's not why God exists. It's actually not that God exists to make us happy but that we exist for God's sake.Colossians chapter 1 verse 16says Now we fall into that list under visible things and things on earth. So we're included in that list and it says that we have been created by…
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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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