The Exalted Son Colossians 1:15-20
Outline The Son is exalted as Savior and Lord of life. ๏ The Father exalts his Son in Creation. (Col 1:15-17) ๏ The Father exalts his Son in Recreation (Col 1:18-20) The Exalted Son
The Son Exalted in Creation Colossians 1:15-17 The emphasis is that because Jesus is the Son of God he is Lord over all.
The Son Exalted in Creation ๏ Jesus is the the Son of God. (1:15) ๏ The Father brought forth creation by the Son. (1:16a) ๏ The Father subjects creation to the Son. (1:16b) ๏ The Father sustains creation through the Son. (1:17)
The Son Exalted in Creation ๏ This world is in chaos because it rejects the Son. ๏ The fallen angels are under the restraint of the Son. ๏ This planet is under the protection of the Son. ๏ All of life is rightly subdued to the glory of the Son.
"God is present in all of life, with the influence of His omnipresent and almighty power, and no sphere of human life is conceivable in which religion does not maintain its demands that God shall be praised, that God’s ordinances shall be observed, and that every labora shall be permeated with its ora in fervent and ceaseless prayer.” ~Abraham Kuyper
The Son Exalted in Creation ๏ This world is in chaos because it rejects the Son. ๏ The fallen angels are under the restraint of the Son. ๏ This planet is under the protection of the Son. ๏ All of life is rightly subdued to the glory of the Son. ๏ Salvation hangs on our confession of the Son.
The Son Exalted in Recreation Colossians 1:18-20 The emphasis is that because sin has infected all of creation God sent his Son to redeem his people and renew creation.
The Son Exalted in Recreation ๏ The Father placed his Son over the Church. (1:18a)
“And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.” ~Ephesians 1:22–23, ESV
The Son Exalted in Recreation ๏ The Father placed his Son over the Church. (1:18a) ๏ The Father raised his Son to new life. (1:18b)
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” ~Colossians 5:17, ESV
The Son Exalted in Recreation ๏ The Father placed his Son over the Church. (1:18a) ๏ The Father raised his Son to new life. (1:18b) ๏ The Father reconciled his people through the Son. (1:19-20)
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.” ~2 Corinthians 5:17–19, ESV
The Son Exalted in Recreation ๏ The Father placed his Son over the Church. (1:18a) ๏ The Father raised his Son to new life. (1:18b) ๏ The Father reconciled his people through the Son. (1:19-20) ๏ The Father will renew the world through the Son. (1:20)
“For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.” ~Romans 8:20–23, ESV
The Son Exalted in Recreation ๏ Salvation hangs on the resurrection of Jesus. ๏ The chaos and evil of this world will one day be brought to an end. ๏ The Church finds her purpose in the Son. ๏ In this life we are dependent upon the resurrected life of Christ in us.
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