Colossians 1:15-22
“15 Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see, such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. 17 He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together. 18 Christ is also the head of the church, which is his body. He is the beginning, supreme over all who rise from the dead. So he is first in everything. 19 For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, 20 and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross. 21 This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. 22 Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault.”
- CROSSROAD Vs 21-23 – He Cares
He is the start the sustainer the source of satisfaction, the substitute and Savior but the question is will you surrender your life to Him? He didn’t just create you He came to claim you. Rules don’t reconcile us the Redeemer does.
The Focus is to “reconcile to Himself.” The focus is always to reconcile to God. The initiative and action come from Him.
The Scope is “all things.” Reconciliation involves the whole universe.
The Result is “peace.” Through Jesus, our hostility with God can end.
The Means is “through His blood, shed on the cross.” Salvation is only through the sacrificial death of Jesus on the cross as our sin payment.
Seated at the right hand of the Father sitting on His throne looking at his universe Jesus sees the great galaxies whirling in space, the planets, the people, and all the minute details of every life there is nothing that he sees anywhere of which he cannot say, “Mine!” You are at the crossroad of fear and forgiveness, Chaos and care, life and death. Verse 21 says this includes you. Some of you will say Jesus can’t meet me where I am but He can. He is everything to Everybody no matter where you are at no matter what you do Jesus is for you. Because Jesus is the:
ARCHITECT – CHIEF CORNERSTONE (I Peter 2:6)
ASTRONOMER – BRIGHT & MORNING STAR (Rev 22:16)
BAKER – BREAD OF LIFE (John 6:35)
BUILDER – SURE FOUNDATION (Isaiah 28:16)
CARPENTER – DOOR (John 10:7)
DOCTOR – GREAT PHYSICIAN (Matt 8:17; Luke 4:23)
EDUCATOR – TEACHER (John 3:2)
ELECTRICIAN – LIGHT OF THE WORLD (John 8:12)
FARMER – THE SOWER & LORD OF THE HARVEST (Matt 13:37; Luke 10:2)
FIREMAN – WATER OF LIFE (John 4:10, 14 , 15)
FLORIST- THE ROSE OF SHARON & THE LILY OF THE VALLEY (Song of Sol. 2:1)
GEOLOGIST – THE TRIED STONE & THE ROCK OF AGES (Isaiah 28:16)
HISTORIAN – ANCIENT OF DAYS (Daniel 7:9)
JEWELER – THE PRECIOUS CORNERSTONE (1 Peter 2:6)
JURY – THE FAITHFUL & TRUE WITNESS (Rev 3:14)
LABOURER – GIVER OF REST (Matt 11:28-29)
LAWYER – ADVOCATE & MEDIATOR (1 John 2:1; 1 Tim 2:5)
MERCHANT – THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE (Matt 13:46)
NEWS REPORTER – GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY (Luke 2:10-11)
PHARMACIST – THE BALM OF GILEAD & OINTMENT (Jer 8:22; Song of Sol. 1:3)
PHILOSOPHER – THE WISDOM OF GOD (1 Cor 1:24, 30)
PHOTOGRAPHER – EXPRESS IMAGE OF GOD (Heb 1:3)
PRINTER – WORD (John 1:1; Rev 19:13)
PUBLISHER – THE AUTHOR (Hebrews 12:2)
ROYALTY – KING OF KINGS (1 Tim 6:15)
SHEPHERD – LAMB OF GOD (John 1:29)
STUDENT – TRUTH (John 14:6)
THEOLOGIAN – AUTHOR & FINISHER OF OUR FAITH (Heb 12:2)
The results of reconciliation:
1. “Holy in His sight.” We are “set apart” and declared holy by God.
2. “blameless” This word was applied to the Temple sacrifices, which had to be free from any faults or blotches. When God looks at you, He sees no blemishes!
3. “Fault Free” This is a legal term, which literally means, “not to be called in.” No charge of condemnation.
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