THE POWER OF JESUS
Colossians 1.15-20
What Is NEXT For First Baptist? – Part 4 of 4
v. 15 “He is the image of the invisible God …” (esv)
v. 19 “… in Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell …” (esv)
THE POWER OF JESUS IS DISPLAYED BY THE FACT THAT …
THERE IS NOTHING TOO Awesome For Him To Create
v. 15 “… firstborn of all creation.” (esv)
v. 16 x 2 “… all things were created …” (esv)
v. 17 “… before all things … all things hold together …” (esv)
v. 18 “… in everything … preeminent.” (esv)
v. 19 “… all the fullness of God …” (esv)
v. 20 “… reconcile … all things …” (esv)
v. 16 “… in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities …” (esv)
Ephesians 6.12 “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” (esv)
2 Kings 6.15-17: v.16 “Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” (esv)
1 Samuel 16.7 “Man does not see what the LORD sees, for man sees what is visible, but the LORD sees the heart.”(hcs)
THERE IS NOTHING TOO Awful For Him To Redeem
v. 18 “He is the firstborn from the dead …”(esv)
v. 20 “… making peace by the blood of His cross.” (esv)
v. 20 “… to reconcile to Himself all things …” (esv)