Jesus is enough

Jesus is enough

Paul said that the best way to discern heresies about Jesus was to know the truth about Him.

So he provided a sweeping description of Christ, confirming that

• The image of God: He is Not a secondhand image like a photograph or a painting, but the complete and perfect visible representation of the invisible God (John 14:9).

• The firstborn over all creation: Firstborn reters to rank rather than time, Jesus was not God's first creation, He reigns supreme over creation (Ps. 89:27).

• Creator: Jesus is the architect, agent, goal, and sustainer of all creation. Even while He was on earth in human form, the world revolved around the Son.

• Before all things: Jesus surpasses everything and everyone in importance and rank.

• The Head of the church: Jesus is the church's founder, leader, authority, sustainer, provider, and center.

• Firstborn from the dead: Others were raised from the dead before Jesus

(1 Kin. 17:17-22; 2 Kin. 4:32-35; Luke 7:11-15; 8:49-55; John 11:43, 44). Jesus'

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Colossians 1:15-20

resurrection guaranteed the resurrection of all who trust in Him (1 Cor. 15:20-23.

He was raised from the dead never to die again.

• The fullness of God: The entirety of God's being resides in Jesus (Phil. 26).

• Reconciler: Jesus restored peace between a holy God and depraved human beings by bearing on the cross the penalty for our sins.

Jesus, fully God and fully Man, supreme Lord and sacrificed Lamb (Is. 53:7), is the only means of reconciliation with God.

When we grasp that God's plan for redemption revolves around Jesus, we wont be duped by any teaching that denies the deity, humanity, or centrality of Jesus Christ.

Nothing else is needed for salvation.

Jesus is enough.

MORE INSIGHT

Many Bible students believe Colossians 1:15-20 is an early Christian hymn.

Find other examples of Paul's use of hymns at

Philippians 2:6-11; 1 Timothy 1:17; 3:16; 6:15,

16; and 2 Timothy 2:11-13.

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