1. THE NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES - Colossians 1:15-20
“It is not until a man finds his faith opposed and attacked that he really begins to think out the implications of that faith. It is not until the Church is confronted with some dangerous heresy that she begins to realize the riches and the wonders of orthodoxy.” – William Barclay

2. Jesus is preeminent in:
1. Jesus is preeminent in revelation.

3. Colossians 1:15;19
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation; (vs 15)
For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him, (vs 19)

4. Jesus is preeminent in:
1. Jesus is preeminent in revelation.

5. Hebrews 1:3
He is the radiance of His glory, the exact expression of His nature …

6. John 14:7-9
“If you know Me, you will also know My Father. From now on you do know Him and you have seen Him.
“Lord” said Philip, “show us the Father, and that’s enough for us.”

7. John 14:7-9 continued:
Jesus said to him, “Have I been among you all this time without your knowing Me, Philip? The one who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father?’

8. Jesus is preeminent in:
1. Jesus is preeminent in revelation.

9. Jesus is preeminent in:
1. Jesus is preeminent in revelation.
2. Jesus is preeminent in creation.

10. Colossians 1:16-17
“… because by Him everything was created, in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities – all things have been created through Him and for Him. He is therefore before all things, and by Him all things hold together.

11. Jesus is preeminent in:
1. Jesus is preeminent in revelation.
2. Jesus is preeminent in creation.

12. John 1:1-3
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. All things were created through Him, and apart from Him not one thing was created that has been created.

13. Colossians 1:17
… and by Him all things hold together.

14. Jesus is preeminent in:
1. Jesus is preeminent in revelation.
2. Jesus is preeminent in creation.
3. Jesus is preeminent in authority.

15. Colossians 1:16-18
“… because by Him everything was created, in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities – all things have been created through Him and for Him.

16. Colossians 1:16-18 continued:
He is before all things, and by Him all things hold together. He is also the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He might come to have first place in everything.

17. Jesus is preeminent in:
1. Jesus is preeminent in revelation.
2. Jesus is preeminent in creation.
3. Jesus is preeminent in authority.

18. Jesus is preeminent in:
1. Jesus is preeminent in revelation.
2. Jesus is preeminent in creation.
3. Jesus is preeminent in authority.
4. Jesus is preeminent in reconciliation.

19. Colossians 1:19-20
For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile everything to Himself by making peace through the blood of His cross – whether things on earth or things in heaven.

20. Jesus is preeminent in:
1. Jesus is preeminent in revelation.
2. Jesus is preeminent in creation.
3. Jesus is preeminent in authority.
4. Jesus is preeminent in reconciliation.

21. John 14:6
Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”