Above All Created Things
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Today’s Question:
Why do we believe that Christ above all can be the answer to all questions?
Christ & Creation
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
Christ is the icon of the Invisible God
Christ is the firstborn, ranked above all creation.
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.
Christ is the agent of creation.
Christ is the purpose of creation.
And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Christ is the ultimate cause of creation.
Christ is the sustainer of creation.
Christ & New Creation
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.
Christ the firstborn, ranked above all creation, is also the firstborn ranked above all new creation.
Christ the source of creation is also Christ the source of new creation.
“that in everything he might be preeminent.”
For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,
Christ the image of God is also Christ the incarnation of God.
and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
By Christ, the first creation brought order out of chaos. By Christ, the new creation brings reconciliation out of sin.
And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds,
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,
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.
Because we know who Christ is, we know who we were, who we are, and who we will be.
We were the enemy (v. 21).
We are reconciled (v. 22).
We will be faithful (v. 23).
Today’s Answer:
We believe Christ the answer to every question because he is preeminent and without rival in all creation.