SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 1/13/2017
11:39 PM
My Worship Time Focus: Intro to
Colossians 1:15-19
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Colossians
1:15-19
Message of the
verses: “15 He is the image of the
invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by Him all things were
created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether
thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities-all things have been created through
Him and for Him. 17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold
together. 18 He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning,
the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place
in everything. 19 For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to
dwell in Him,”
We have to understand that the Bible is a book about the
Lord Jesus Christ, from first looking at the records in the Old Testament which
tells us of the preparation of His first coming. Then we look at the gospels which present Him
as God come in human flesh as He came into the world to save sinners. We move to the book of Acts where the message
of salvation in Christ begins to be spread around the world. In the letters of epistles we see the details
of the theology of Christ’s work and also the personification of Christ in His
body, the church. Then finally the book
of Revelation presents Christ on the throne as He reigns as King of kings and
Lord of lords.
One of my very favorite parts of Scripture comes from the
last part of the gospel of Luke as in the 24th chapter we see the
resurrected Christ walking along with two of His followers who did not recognize
who He was until He wanted them to, but before they recognized Him we read that
“Beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, [Jesus] explained to them the
things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.” I have to say that this was one sermon that I
would have loved to have been there to listen to, but we surely learn that
Jesus talked about how the Old Testament spoke of Him.
John MacArthur writes “But of all the Bible’s teaching
about Jesus Christ, none is more significant than Colossians 1:15-19. This dramatic and powerful passage removes
any needless doubt or confusion over Jesus’ true identity. It is vital to a proper understanding of the
Christian faith.”
I ask that your read over these verses a few times and
perhaps meditate on them for a while in order to understand the richness of
these verses as they tell about who Jesus Christ is and then we will finish our
introduction to these verses in our next SD.
1/13/2017 11:53 PM
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