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Colossians 1:18 · BSB
1:18 And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.
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…life, and no man comes to the Father but by me, John 14:6. And the church that Jesus built, he's supremely the owner and the head over the church.Colossians 1:18says Jesus is the head of the church. He's the firstborn, that in all things he might be preeminent. And I don't think it's overstating it to say…
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…and sister in Christ, we as a church as a whole answer to the son of God. Why? God made him the builder and the ruler over his entire household.Colossians chapter 1 verse 18says this of Jesus, "And He is the head of the body, the church. Who is the beginning? The firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might…
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…the gospel. Well, this week's passage is the opposite. Paul's explaining what we need to avoid if we want to grow in the gospel. So, likewise, inColossians chapter 1, verse 15 through 23, Paul really focused on the supremacy of Jesus. That Jesus is first and most important in all things. Well, here, in today's passage, we learn…
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…the diamond and turned it for you to let you appreciate and to see his beauty and all that he is. This is what Paul's about to do in our text inColossians chapter 1, verses 15 through 23. Let me set the scene up for you. Colossae was a town in what is now modern-day Turkey. Rome was the one who ran it at the time, and Rome had one…
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Our scripture reading tonight from which the sermon will be based isColossians chapter 1 verses 15 to 23. ! 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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…third day, triumphing over Satan, sin, and death. He has obtained the people of God with his own blood. It's Jesus' church. That's why Paul says inColossians 1:18, **"And he** \[Jesus\] **is the head of the body, the church."** So, let me say it one more time. Watermark Community Church is Jesus' church. The…
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…this morning, and we have come to what is one of the most precious passages in all of the New Testament. And I do not say that lightly. It'sColossians 1 verses 15 through 23. Colossians 1 verses 15 through 23. And when you found that, let's stand together in honor of the reading of the word of God. Colossians 1 verses…
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Colossians chapter 1, verses 15 to 20. And again, that's where we'll find ourselves as we continue on in our series this morning through the book of Colossians, thinking about and…
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…the picture here is that Jesus is the eternal one from heaven. He's speaking about time. He knows about time and he made your eternal soul. AndColossians 1:18tells us that God has a master plan in all things. His plan in all things, we read about it in Ephesians 1 earlier, his plan in all things is that…
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…would like to join me, please you can remain seated. I'm gonna read some verses here, but if you'd like to join me, you can look in your Bible inColossians chapter 1, verse 16 through 20, and just kind of follow along with me for a moment. And I want you to notice as we do this, I've done this before, but I want you to notice as we…
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…Nothing was created without Jesus. And when we get over here to Colossians, which is probably the place we're probably going to stop tonight inColossians chapter 1, verses 15 through 18, where the apostle Paul is confirming this through these revelations that he was given to, given, that was given to him by our sinned Lord Jesus…
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…that having the mindset of Christ means laying down, laying aside your needs just like Jesus did, the Son, in order to be exalted by the Father. InColossians 1:15-20, we're told that the Father made Christ to be preeminent. He is the most supreme. And finally, in 1 John 4, the love of God was shown in Christ.…
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…He has to have conquered death himself to conquer it for others, saved and unsaved. That's the picture. He's the first fruits of those that sleep.Colossians 1:18. And billions and billions of graves will be emptied of the bodies that were found in them. The sea will give up the dead that's in them. You say,…
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…with this picture? Right? This is what the Bible calls the preeminence of Christ. Is Christ preeminent in your life? The preeminence. We see it inColossians chapter 1, verses 17 through 19, where Paul's talking, and he says, and he is before all things, speaking of Jesus, and in him all things consist, are literally held together. And…
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…directly out of what we went through last week, which is one of the greatest most exalted christoologgical passages in the entire New Testament.Colossians 1:15-20. All right. Pastor Luke preached on it last week. If you didn't get a chance to to listen or watch that, I encourage you jump on YouTube or…
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…church, which is his body, which is his body, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way. Paul echoes this lennon inColossians chapter 1, verse 18, and he is the head of the body, the church. One of God's greatest inventions, which is his body. Now, some Christians I hear say things like,…
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…church. And indeed, He is Lord of the church, but it doesn't stop there. We shorten and we truncate this grand and glorious vision. Look over atColossians 1, verse 15 through 18. Look at this world -changing vision. comprehensive and expansive scope of the reign of Christ. Paul says, He is the image of the invisible God. He…
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…Jesus came in the flesh, that the outworking of this spiritual life that He's produced in us also has a physical dimension to it. We see that inColossians 1, verse 18when it says, and He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything He might be…
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…Jesus is the antidote to all fears and questions. He is the promise also of an eternal new body. Because he is the firstborn from among the dead.Colossians 1, verse 18and Revelation 1, verse 5. I truly do pray this morning that any remaining doubts that you may have will, like those first disciples, be changed to…
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…raised from the dead. Amen? So I'm going to talk to you about specifically how Jesus is the firstborn among the dead. Like I said, that comes fromColossians 1, verse 18, which says, He is the head of the body. I'm a little excited there. He is the head of the body of the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn…
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