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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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…for church or ekklesia refers to the assembly of people. In Christian context, it describes the people who assemble in the name of Christ. Paul inColossians 1, verse 18-19taught, And He, meaning Christ, is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning and the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will…
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…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.’ (Colossians 1:18) To watch this devotional, follow the link below: https://youtu.be/i8QDim90OOk I’m sure that we’ve all heard of the awful image of a chicken,…
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…a fresh way that might stoke the fire of intimacy in your relationship once again. So, if you have a Bible, I want to invite you to turn with me toColossians 1:15-20. **"He** \[Jesus\] **is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth,…
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…An understanding of an early Christological hymn, a lot of commentators think it's because of the structure of the Greek language, is found inColossians 1, verse 15 through 20. If you'd like to turn there and look at it, you may be familiar with this. We actually sing this set to a modern tune. He, Jesus Christ, is the…
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…news for you. God has made a way for us through Jesus to not only be reconciled but ultimately restored to his intended purpose for us. Look atColossians 1:18, speaking of Jesus again. **"And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he…
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…as well. Please stand for the reading of God's Word. We're going to read from one of the most majestic descriptions of Christ in the entire Bible,Colossians chapter 1, verses 15 to 20. You can read along with me if you please, but really it's okay just to close your eyes and listen. It's such a great passage of Scripture. He…
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…as God so that He could go to the cross and He's been exalted. So that's one song that the early church sang. And then there's another one inColossians 1 verses 15 through 20. Jesus is the exact image of the invisible God. He's the one who has preeminence. He has top priority in all of the world. So and it is He who…
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…was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.Colossians 1:15-20GENUINE LOVE Paul loved the Jews with a deep and earnest heart. He hurt for them. He longed for them to know their Messiah. It was important for…
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…of God. Here the child will sit on a throne, and in Revelation 321 we see Jesus sits on none other than the heavenly throne of God with Him. So inColossians, chapter 1, verses 15 to 20, paul writes that Jesus is the image of the invisible God. Everything was created through Him. He pre-exists before all things and sustains all…
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…he knows that if the Colossian church can grasp onto that, that everything else in their life will fall into place. And so we're going to look atColossians 1, verses 15 through 20, and we're gonna see that Jesus is first. And if he's first in all things, well then he should be first in our lives. And if he's first in our…
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…Messiah, and that is to establish and build his church by dying for his people. Inseparable to the role of Messiah is the building of his church.Colossians 1, verse 18. You can look it up if you're able to, or I'll read it to you. I assume I can find it, of course. Colossians 1, verse 18. It says that wonderful…
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…the firstborn from the dead [He is the first one resurrected], so that He Himself will come to have first place [preeminence] in everything” (Col. 1:18). He is the firstborn. In fact, that's how the word is used to describe Christ in Hebrews 1:6: “And when He [that is, the Father] again brings the…
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…see so much happening? You see all three things happening, you see his lordship, you see his sonship and you see his messiahship In this passage inColossians 1:15 through 20. So let's look at verse 15 will go one verse at a time here and we're going to see each thing and verse 15. We see sonship he is the image of the…
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…the blood supply off and it begins to die. Amen. So then Jesus says this in Colossians chapter 1 or Paul writing concerning Jesus and his church inColossians 1:18he he is also the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead so that he himself will come to have first place…
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…honestly say is my favorite in all of the Bible. But we're going to look a little bit broader than just my favorite verses. We're going to look toColossians 1, verses 15 through 20. So if you have a Bible, I want to encourage you to turn there. Colossians 1. Colossians 1. Verses 15 through 20. I've entitled this, All Things to…
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…role as redeemer and mediator, and how it relates to prayer. Let's turn firstly to one of two passages we're gonna really focus on this morning,Colossians 1:15-20. A very well known passage on the preeminence of Christ, as the ESV titles it. Colossians 1:15. Paul writes, He who is Jesus is the image of the…
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…our mission is to join into Jesus' mission. So in order to understand that, we're going to look more at this amazing passage written by Paul to theColossians, chapter 1, verses 15 to 23. We're going to look first at Jesus' mission, which we see in verses 15 to 20, and then our mission that flows out of that, which we see in verse…
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…goal, is to have us look at Jesus and walk out of here with a little more comfort and a little more excitement in him. And we're gonna do that inColossians chapter 1, verses 15 through 20. We're gonna look at these five verses, okay? Says this. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the…
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…going to notice a little bit more about in just a moment. And other passages note that this one body is the church Ephesians 1 verse, 22 and 23 andColossians 1 verses 18 through 24. If denominationalism is division, then the lack of division is unity. Ephesians 4 and verses 1 through 6 I therefore the prisoner of the Lord…
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…being drawn? Light and salvation, the stronghold of my life. Whom shall I fear? Whom shall I be afraid? It's the same point. Now if you look atColossians 1:15-20in your bibles, you see that a single point is being made, and that is that Christ is preeminent. Christ is supreme. The word used explicitly is…
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