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No other King…
You see Easter is all about Jesus.
And my goal in the next few moments is that you would know Who He Is, What He Did, and How You Should Respond to Him.
Join me this morning in Colossians 1 - Pew Bible ___
The book of Colossians centers on two major themes: the identity of Christ and the importance of adhering to the truth of the gospel.
Paul is writing to group of believers in a small agricultural town that was steeped in all sorts of differing religious beliefs and practices.
From paganism, mysticism and bodily mutilations, on the whole, Colossi was a town of syncretism - the blending of multiple beliefs and practices.
With this setting in mind, Paul writes to identify who Jesus is, what He did, and how we all should respond.
Who Jesus Is
In these verses we learn that Jesus is Preeminent or Superior to all.
We see in v. 15 that he is the image of the invisible God.
IMAGE here implies that Jesus enables us to see what God is like.
Also, Jesus is the firstborn of all creation
Simply put, Jesus has the priority of position in His eternal relationship with the Father.
He was not created, because He is eternal.
This is not speaking of His birth but of His relationship.
Further, in v. 16 we learn that Jesus is Creator.
Jesus is the person within the Godhead that did the creating.
Paul conveys differing thoughts with each preposition.
All things were created BY Him - the power to create was in His being
All things were created THROUGH Him - He is the agent in creation
All things were created FOR Him - He is the One for Whom all things were created - the goal.
And in v. 17, that Jesus is also our Sustainer
• is before all things - He is eternally existent
• in Him all things consist - All that He created is sustained by Him.
So, Who is Jesus?
He is Our Superior
We are not superior ourselves.
Jesus Is.
He is Our Creator
We didn’t create ourselves.
Jesus did.
He is Our Sustainer
We don’t sustain ourselves.
Jesus does.
What Jesus Did
Paul then transitions from the preeminence of Christ to what He accomplished in the Gospel.
He contrasts what they were before meeting Jesus to what they were after they believed in Him.
v. 13 - And you, being dead in your sins
Paul is hitting on our reality before we came to know Christ.
Before we trusted that He was who He said that He was.
Before trusting Jesus, John says, you were dead in your sins.
You did not have life, because you did not have the Son!
This is why Jesus said in
because you are dead spiritually, you must be born spiritually.
Those who were dead in their sin
uncircumcision of the flesh - referencing the reality of being outside of God’s chosen people
Not only were you hopeless, and dead, but you were rejected...
Paul is clear of our condition before submission to the person of Jesus - we are hopelessly dead and rejected.
BUT! - (the next part of v. 13)
He makes those who were dead and rejected ALIVE!!!
Those who were hopeless, rejected, dead - God regenerates.
He takes the hopeless and gives them hope.
He takes the rejected and gives them acceptance.
He takes the spiritually dead and gives them spiritual life!
But, HOW?
Finish v. 13 with me… HAVING FORGIVEN YOU ALL TRESPASSES!
How does Jesus make those who are hopeless and rejected and dead alive?
THROUGH FORGIVENESS
Forgiveness is defined as the wiping out of an offense.
What is God wiping out?
v. 14 -
Record of Debt - two interpretations
• the Mosaic Law - That Christ took the law and fulfilled it’s purpose
• Specific Individual’s sins
Regardless it has the same significance.
Jesus took what is against us and nailed it to His cross.
Record of our debt
We don’t trust and know God as the only God
We elevate other things and people as most important
We dishonor God’s name by our words or deeds
We don’t worship and rest like we should
We don’t love and honor our parents like we should
We hurt, hate, and are hostile to our neighbor
We are immoral in our actions, looks, words, thoughts, and desires
We take without permission that which belongs to someone else, and withhold good from someone we could benefit.
We lie and deceive
We are discontent, envying or resenting what God has given them or us
This record of debt - these misplaced affections that all of us struggle with - Jesus forgives.
In this light, forgiveness is the pardoning of sin.
It is when God absolves the sinner from the condemnation of the law, and that on account of the work of Christ, he removes the guilt of sin.
The sinner is by this act of grace for ever freed from the guilt and penalty of his sins.
So how is this freeing of guilt and the penalty of sin applied?
THROUGH FAITH
Description of faith - Heb. 11:1
First, you must believe the Creator God.
You are created.
You aren’t in charge.
You and I don’t set the rules, God does.
Second, know that you are a sinner.
Third, realize that Jesus came to pay the penalty of your sin.
Finally, trust Jesus as your only hope.
You see, this preeminent Jesus came to give hope to the hopeless, acceptance to the rejected, and life to the lifeless through forgiveness of the record of your wrongs.
This forgiveness is not obtainable through good deeds, or attending church, or getting dunked in a body of water, or having Christian parents - forgiveness is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Jesus Christ alone.
And if you genuinely come to Christ by faith - He makes you, who once was hopelessly dead - miraculously alive!
NOW,
We know who Jesus is - He is superior, creator, sustainer
We know what He does - He makes those who are dead - alive
So, How should we respond?
How We Should Respond
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