Supremacy of Christ

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Passage:
Colossians 1:13-20
Duration:
87 seconds
Date of recitation:
2015-05-03
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Supremacy of Christ

The apostle Paul declares the preexistence of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. He was full of Christ. The letter to Colossians stresses the all-sufficiency of Jesus Christ more than any of his letters.

  • Jesus Christ “is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation” (Colossians 1:15).
  • “It was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him” (Col. 19).
  • In Christ Jesus “are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Col. 2:3).
  • “In Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority . . .” (Col. 2:9-10).

The special self-revelation of God is at the foundation of Christianity. God revealed Himself in the person and work of Jesus Christ. He revealed His perfect will in Christ.

The place of knowledge in the Christian life is extremely important. However in the Colossian church there were teachers who had made their own brand of spiritual knowledge the goal of the Christian life. They claimed a higher superior knowledge reserved for a select few of super-Christians. They considered themselves the elite. They claimed a higher knowledge, a super spiritual experience that exceeded everyone else.

The apostle Paul responded to this nonsense. The heretics called themselves Christians because they included Christ in their name and scheme much like cults do in our day. You can use the name of Jesus Christ and still be a cult. These false teachers assumed that the person and work of Jesus Christ was not adequate for a complete salvation. They were teaching that Christ is only one among many spiritual authorities. They claimed Christ was a lord, but not the one true Lord God. They said Jesus was only one among many lords. They denied the true gospel by denying the all-sufficiency of Christ.

Paul’s message is powerful: “For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son” (Colossians 1:13). 

God has delivered us from a terrible situation. It is another way of saying He saved us.

 

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