Page 1 Jesus is Preeminent Over the Universe

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Colossians 1:15 “The Son [Jesus Christ] is the image of the invisible God….”

John 1:18  “No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.” John 14:9 “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.”

Page 2 Jesus is “Firstborn Over all Creation” (Colossians 1:15)

Page 3 Christ’s Creative Preeminence “For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or domin- ions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.” (Col. 1:16)

Page 3 Christ’s Creative Preeminence John 1:3  “All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.”

Page 4 Christ’s Sustaining Power Revelation 4:11 “…For you created everything, and it is for your pleasure that they exist and were created.” (NLT)

Page 4 Christ’s Sustaining Power Colossians 1:17  “He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.”

Colossians 1:16,17 “For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible…—all things were created through him and for him.  And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.”

Colossians 1:18-20 18 And he is the head of the body, the church Colossians 1:18-20 18 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 preeminent. 19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.

Martin Luther “If anyone stands firm and right on this point, that Jesus Christ is true God and true man, who died and rose again for us, all the other articles of the Christian faith will fall in place for him and firmly sustain him.”

“So very true is Paul’s saying that Christ is the Chief Treasure, the Basis, the Foundation, and the Sum Total of all things, in whom and under whom all are gathered together. In Him all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.

“On the other hand, I have noted that all errors, heresies, idolatries, offenses, abuses, and ungodliness in the church have originally arisen because this article or part of the Christian faith concerning Jesus Christ has been despised or lost. (Martin Luther)

“Clearly and rightly considered, all heresies militate against the precious article of Jesus Christ.”

Christ Jesus, the Head of the Church

“He is the beginning and the first-born from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.” (Colossians 1:18)

“For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven,  making peace by the blood of his cross.” (Colossians 1:19,20)

“All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the  ministry of reconciliation” (2 Corinthians 5:18)

“For in him all the fullness of God 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.” (Col. 1:19,20)