The Scope of Salvation Colossians 1:15 – 20 Godisnowhere Learning to Lament

Colossians 1:15-20 15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 

Colossians 1:15-20 (cont’d) 18 And he is 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. 19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.  

The Scope of Christ’s Salvation Deeper and more intimate than the payment of a private debt

The Scope of Christ’s Salvation Deeper and more intimate than the payment of a private debt Wider and more pervasive than the rescuing of human souls

“ There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, “Mine!” ” THINK OF THE CHARACTERS DOT REFERENCED: EACH LIVED OUT THEIR CALLING TO BE GOOD NEWS WHERE THEY WERE. HOW CAN YOU BE AN AGENT OF HEAVENLY GRACE RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE? LOOK AT 3 CONTEMPORARY EXAMPLES OF ARTISTS, PILGRIMS AND ACTIVISTS. Abraham Kuyper

“In him all things were created” (16a) “All things have been created through him and for him” (16b) “He is before all things” (17) “In him all things hold together” (17) “And through him to reconcile to himself all things” (20)

The Sacred Secular Divide

SSD Syndrome’s Holy Hierarchy… MISSIONARIES PASTORS AID WORKERS TEACHERS COUNSELORS DOCTORS LAWYERS CAR DEALERS INSURANCE SALESMEN INVESTMENT MANAGERS ARTISTS POLITICIANS FILMMAKERS

The Scope of Christ’s Salvation Deeper and more intimate than the payment of a private debt Wider and more pervasive than the rescuing of human souls Better and more adventurous than our harp-and-cloud caricature of heaven

“…Wish I’d brought a magazine.” Our Destiny…?? “…Wish I’d brought a magazine.”

Colossians 1:15-20 15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 

The Scope of Salvation Colossians 1:15 – 20 Godisnowhere Learning to Lament