1. colossians 1
11 February 2018

2. Colossians 1:15
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation

3. Colossians 1:16
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.

4. Colossians 1:17-18
He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 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.

5. Colossians 1:19-20
For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him 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.

6. Colossians 1:15
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation

8. true

12. image of
GOD

13. what do you think about
GOD

14. Genesis 3

15. when we believe a deceptive picture of God we don’t trust God to be our fullness of life so we do life on our own

16. Colossians 1:15
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation

17. Hebrews 1:3
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word.
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18. Hebrews 1:1-2
In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. [

19. Hebrews 1:3
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word.

20. keep your eyes focused on the Son

21. John 14:6a
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life…

22. John 14:6b-7
“No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”

23. John 14:8-9
Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.” Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
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24. the son is the visibility of God
Irenaeus 
the son is the visibility of God

25. Matthew 11:27
All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
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26. 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. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
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27. John 1:14
The Word became flesh  and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory,  the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

28. John 12:27-32
“…it was for this very reason I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name!” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.” Jesus said, “I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”

29. John 17:22
I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one.

30. John 1:15
(John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”)

31. John 5:36
I have testimony weightier than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to finish— the very works that I am doing— testify that the Father has sent me.

32. Matthew 11:11
Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

33. John 1:17
For the law was given through Moses;  grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

34. John 1:18
No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

35. keep your eyes focused on the Son

37. 1 John 1:5
This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light;  in him there is no darkness at all.

38. keep your eyes focused on the Son

39. prayer