1. colossians 1
18 February 2018

2. Colossians 1:9-14

3. Colossians 1:15-20

4. pray

5. Jesus image of the invisible God

6. image of God imago Dei
[CLICK] imago dei

7. Genesis 1:26-27
Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

8. God
look-alikes
We are God look-alikes

10. Anu

11. Exodus 20:4
You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.

12. image of God imago Dei
A picture I sometimes use to help people understand what Genesis means by the image of God

13. how we can be fully alive
what authority we have
our unending capacity for love

14. in Christ you are a restored “God look-alike”

15. every prayer we pray makes a difference every choice we make leaves an imprint in this world every action has consequences

16. unending
love

17. “We love God as much as the person whom we love the least.”
Dorothy Day
“We love God as much as the person whom we love the least.”

18. Matthew 25:35-40
I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink…? ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

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

20. 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.

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

22. Colossians 1:18
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.

23. 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.

24. pray