Outline: • Preeminent Over the Creation (15-17) • Preeminent Over the Church (18a) • Preeminent Over the Consummation (18b)
Colossians 1:15-16 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities — all things were created through him and for him.
Colossians 1:17-18 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
I. Preeminent Over the Creation 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities — all things were created through him and for him.
I.A. Everything is BENEATH Him 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation . 16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities — all things were created through him and for him.
I.B. Everything is FROM Him 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities — all things were created through him and for him.
I.C. Everything is FOR Him 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities — all things were created through him and for him .
I.D. Everything is AFTER Him 17 And he is before all things , and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. • Colossians 1:15; John 1:1-2; 1 John 1:1; Micah 5:2; Isaiah 9:6; John 8:58; Revelation 22:13.
I.E. Everything is BY Him 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together . 18 And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. • 2 Peter 3:10; Hebrews 4:13; 2 Peter 3:13; Hebrews 1:3.
II. Preeminent Over the Church 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church . He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. • Colossians 2:19; John 15:5; Colossians 2:10; Ephesians 5:23-24; Luke 9:35; John 12:21.
III. Preeminent Over the Consummation 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
III. Preeminent Over the Consummation 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning , the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
III. Preeminent Over the Consummation 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead , that in everything he might be preeminent. • Colossians 1:20; 1 Corinthians 15:23; Romans 8:19, 21; 2 Corinthians 1:20.
III. Preeminent Over the Consummation 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent .
“Continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.” - Colossians 1:23
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