The Cosmic Christ (Pt 2)

Dale Gooding - Colossians 1:15-20

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II) Jesus is the Creator / Sustainer - Col 1:16-17
    A) He Created the Visible things
    B) He Created all the Invisible things
    C) He Maintains All things

III) Jesus is Head of the Church - Col 1:18a
    A) He is its top, its leader,
        its progenitor, its body.
    B) He has a purpose and plan
        for it (us) - Eph. 4:15-16
    C) Paul used the language of "the body"

IV) Jesus is the First of the Dead - Col 1:18b
    A) Jesus' Resurrection is the 1st of its kind
    B) In doing so, He:
        • Is a Promise that there will be life
          from death (a Resurrection) - Rom 8:11
        • Is a Preview to eternal life
          from death - I John 3:2
        • Is the Precedent for those coming
          from death into life - Phil 3:20-21

V) Jesus is the Reconciler - Col 1:19-20
    A) In Jesus God was Pleased to dwell
    B) In Jesus God Reconciled "all things"
        to Himself
        = To Regenerate (make right); Justify
            (just as if it never happened)
        = To re-right, not re-write
    C) In Jesus we are at Peace with God (Rom 5:1)