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The Context
Epaphras gives him a report from a church that he may never have visited.
The Audience: Colossae
A faithful church with doctrinal conflict
1st century Jewish scholar writing to a 1st century christian church from prison.
The Problem: Jesus added into other belief systems.
While imprisoned, Paul is visited by Epaphras who started the church in Colossae.
He hears that, though the church is doing well, there are doctrinal errors sprouting up.
Legalistic Jewish believers, new Roman converts adding Jesus to existing pantheon of gods / cosmology.
Last Week we covered 1:1-1:14
Not God… Just A Man… Good Teacher… Maybe an Angel…
Confusion - Was Jesus God? Just A Man? and Angel?
1:1-1:2 Greeting From Paul
We wrestle with this issue today.
Reading the Bible so that God agrees with us.
Jesus is just a good teacher.
Living our life and asking Jesus to bless it.
1:3-1:8 Paul gives thanks for the things the Colossians doing well.
1:9-1:14 Paul’s prayer for the Colossians’ spiritual growth
Paul’s Solution: Jesus is______.
The Text
Paul starts addressing the problem(s) he’s heard of through Epaphras
Legalism, Mysticism, Cosmology, Gnosticism, adding Jesus into existing habits, devaluing who Jesus is.
1:15-1:20 a poem - likely a hymn sung by the early church.
1:21-1:23 is a call to hope in the gospel
Colossians 1:15-23
What you believe about Jesus determines what you believe about everything else.
Paul’s is refuting wrong beliefs by simply describing who Jesus actually is.
15-20 was likely a hymn early believers sang, it’s poetic paralellism about the person of Jesus
21-23 is a call to action based on understanding what Jesus did
1) Jesus is the Image of God
The original word that we translate “image” does not just mean picture.
IMAGE
The original word that we translate “image” does not just mean picture.
Image / Icon / Logo / Brand
What does it mean to be the “image” of the “invisible” God?
How do you see something that can’t be seen?
It is a visible manifestation of the product, power and process.
Emperor on coin.
Statue of King
Image Game
You choosing between products and experiences, not pictures
**Jesus is the visible manifestation of the fullness of God’s power, the perfect product of all of His Grace, and the process by which God does His work.**
Jesus had to come be the perfect representation of God, because we are an IMperfect representation of God.
The logo represents the product, but the product is what gives the logo power and recognition.
Jesus is the “Image of God” that Adam failed to be.
Genesis 1:
We decided to take the definition of good and evil for ourselves.
Jesus rules perfectly.
In complete submission to the Father in all things.
He is the exact representation of God.
Firstborn does not mean first created - it means full authority.
Not the first thing created.
He is given all God’s authority, inheritance, blessing.
If you think Jesus is just a good teacher or a nice idea, then you’ll ignore scriptures.
When you believe He’s the image of God, the firstborn from the dead, you’ll hang on EVERY WORD.
If you think Jesus is just a good teacher or a nice idea, then you’ll ignore scriptures.
When you believe He’s the image of God, the firstborn from the dead, you’ll hang on EVERY WORD.
Colossia
If you believe that Jesus is the image of t
Jesus must have full authority in everything.
You cannot compartmentalize Jesus.
Not a Sunday activity
Not an optional thing
Not a self-help guru
Not a way to keep your kids in line
Not a way to get out of hell
He is the source of your life and the ONLY purpose worth pursuing.
Jesus RULES over all earthly and heavenly authorities, because he is before them chronologically and all things happen in view of his supremacy.
Do you fully recognize Jesus’ rule over your life?
2) Jesus is our source and purpose.
Jesus RULES over all earthly and heavenly authorities, because he is before them chronologically and all things happen in view of his supremacy.
Source - All things were created through him.
Jesus is the Word spoken out by God at creation.
Genesis 1:1-
John 1:1
God, in three forms, was present at the moment of creation.
God the Father was the Speaker, the Son was the Word, the Spirit was in and amongst everything.
Purpose - All things work together TO him.
Jesus pre-dates and post-dates linear time.
**He was the mechanism of its creation, the sacrifice for its salvation and the King who will return to set up His perfect reign on Earth.**
In him all things hold together.
Without the promise of His return to set things right, the world is without hope.
Just random chaotic chance marked by division, destruction, death.
In family, in finances, in work, in the way I speak, in the way I think, in the way I drive, pointing toward Jesus’ perfect, just reign is the purpose of it all.
In this passage, Paul answers life’s two greatest question.
Who am I? Why am I here?
This answers life two greatest questions.
Who am I? Why am I here?
When you believe it’s ok for Jesus to just be predominant, you keep holding back portions of your life.
When Jesus is your source and purpose, you hold nothing back.
Fully accepting His Lordship of your life.
marriage?
Who are you?
You are CREATED BY GOD..
Why do you do what you do?
You are created by God.
Valuable enough for Jesus to die for.
A child of the King.
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