The Person and Work of Jesus
Colossians 1:15-20
Good News Translation (GNT)
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15 Christ is the visible likeness of the invisible
God. He is the first-born Son, superior to all
created things
16 For through him God created everything in
heaven and on earth, the seen and the
unseen things, including spiritual powers,
lords, rulers, and authorities. God created the
whole universe through him and for him.
17 Christ existed before all things, and in union
with him all things have their proper place.
18 He is the head of his body, the church; he is
the source of the body's life. He is the
first-born Son, who was raised from death,
in order that he alone might have the first
place in all things.
19 For it was by God's own decision that the Son
has in himself the full nature of God.
20 Through the Son, then, God decided to bring
the whole universe back to himself.
God made peace through his Son's blood (a)
on the cross and so brought back to himself
all things, both on earth and in heaven.
Footnotes
Colossians 1:20 his Son's blood;
Or
his Son's sacrificial death.
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Commentary taken from
'The Applied New Testament Commentary'
(Kingsway)
The Supremacy of Jesus
Colossians 1:15-20
No man can see God
with his natural eyes;
but men could clearly see
Jesus while He was on earth.
God has made man in His image
That's why, when God chose
to come down to earth,
He came in the form of a man -
Jesus.
Because Jesus is the firstborn,
He receives the Father's inheritance.
He is the Creator.
For by him all things
were created.
Jesus existed from before
the creation of the world.
Nobody can live without a head.
If we lose one member of our bodies -
such as an arm or a leg or an eye -
we will still live.
But if there is no head,
there is no life!
Today men can't see Jesus
(because He has ascended into heaven),
but they can see us.
Therefore, they must be able
to see Jesus in us.
We must live as Jesus did,
so that when other people look at us,
they will indeed see him.
The indwelling Holy Spirit
of Jesus must shine forth
in our daily speech and behaviour.
Can others see Jesus in our church?
In each one of us?
Is Jesus truly our Head?
Or are we like a chicken
with its head cut off,
running here and there
and soon to die?.
Jesus is the firstborn
from among the dead.
God raised him from the dead.
And God will raise up from
the dead all who truly believe.
God has given Jesus
all his fullness.
And through the Holy Spirit
living within us and filling us,
we too can possess that fullness.
Through the death of Jesus
on the cross -
God transferred the punishment
for our sins to him.
Not only are our sins washed away,
but we have also been
reconciled to God.
There is now peace
between us and God.
Paul says here that God's purpose
was to reconcile to himself
all things.
It means that the entire
creation is going to be placed
under Christ's authority
and lordship.
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