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THE INCOMPARABLE CHRIST

THE INCOMPARABLE CHRIST. Colossians 1:13-23 Part 3 in a study of Paul’s Letter to the Colossians. Why Is Christ Incomparable?. Colossians 1:13-14

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THE INCOMPARABLE CHRIST

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  1. THE INCOMPARABLE CHRIST Colossians 1:13-23 Part 3 in a study of Paul’s Letter to the Colossians

  2. Why Is Christ Incomparable? Colossians 1:13-14 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. • He Provides redemption

  3. Redemption…… Lit. a releasing for ransom, deliverance Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.  Acts 20:28 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12 Sanctified, justified, reconciled

  4. Colossians 1:15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 

  5. Why Is Christ Incomparable? • He Provides redemption • He is the image of the invisible God …He who has seen me has seen the Father… - John 14:9

  6. Colossians 1:15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 

  7. Why Is Christ Incomparable? • He Provides redemption • He is the image of the invisible God • He is the firstborn of all creation

  8. Why Is Jesus Preeminent In Creation? All things created in/through Him In heaven, on earth, visible, and invisible Thrones Dominions Principalities Powers All things created BY Him All things created FOR Him All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. - John 1:3 …Christ Jesus, who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession…. - Titus 2:14 He is BEFORE all things In Him all things HOLD TOGETHER

  9. Colossians 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. 

  10. Why Is Christ Incomparable? • He Provides redemption • He is the image of the invisible God • He is the firstborn of all creation • He is the head of the body

  11. Why Is Jesus The Head of the Body? • He is the beginning (originating cause) • He is the firstborn from the dead • He is God’s agent of reconciliation Who else could be the head?

  12. Colossians 1:21-23 And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, 22 he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, 23 if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.

  13. His Work Is…. • Presentation • Reconciling • Depending …on you

  14. THE INCOMPARABLE CHRISTThe man, the plan, the span (eternity), is all in your hand. Can you appreciate Him and be reconciled?

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