The Power of the "Visible God"

Colossians 1:13–18 NKJV

13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. 18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.

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“He is the image of the invisible God”

Rescued, Transferred, and Forgiven

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Colossians 1:13–14 NKJV

13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

He is Superior to all Creation

Colossians 1:15 NKJV

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

Colossians 1:15–16 NKJV

15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.

1 Corinthians 15:24 NKJV

24 Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power.

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1 Corinthians 15:25 NKJV

25 For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet.

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He is the Head of the Church

Adam brought death through disobedience

Genesis 3:19 NKJV

19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.”

Jesus brought victory over death through His blood

Colossians 1:18–20 NKJV

18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. 19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, 20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.

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