Christ the King

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Thanksgiving

Paul begins this passage of Colossians by encouraging the Colossians to give thanks and in instructing them as to why they should be thankful. 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. 13 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.
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Col 1:12–14. We can also look at other passages where Paul brings to others the need for thanksgiving. 11 You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), 2 Co 1:11. 15 For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), 2 Co 4:15.
English Standard Version (Chapter 1)
The Preeminence of Christ

15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

This paragraph is sometimes called the hymn perhaps because it is a form of worship. It begins by simply announcing “He is” 16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Col 1:16–17. We should now look and see what Paul might be referencing to from John. 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Jn 1:1–4.
If we look at Colossians 17, what does Paul mean by “and in him all things hold together?” The emphatic he corresponds to the solemn ‘I’ of the OT which refers to Yahweh, the LORD himself. In him all things hold together. The whole of creation is established permanently in him alone. He is the sustainer of the universe and the unifying principle of its life. Apart from his continuous sustaining activity (indicated by the tense of the Greek verb) all would fall apart (cf. Heb. 1:2–3).
Peter T. O’Brien, “Colossians,” in New Bible Commentary: 21st Century Edition, ed. D. A. Carson et al., 4th ed. (Leicester, England; Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press, 1994), 1267. So, what this means to me is that if He is not the center of your life your life will struggle to stay together. I think this totally makes sense. As I go through life I have struggles. I have often said that I don’t know how people make it through if they don’t know Jesus. 19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Col 1:19–20. The Son makes the Father known. 8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Jn 14:8–10.
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