He's #1!

Col 1: 15-20; Col 2:8-19; Heb 1:1-4;2:5-18; Rom 8:19-23; Php 2:9-11; 2Co 5:17; Eph 1:19-23; 1Co 8:4-6; 15:20-28; Col 3:1-4; Joh 1:3.

COL-36-180513 - length: 62:35 - taught on May, 13 2018

Class Outline:


John Farley
Pastor-Teacher
Sunday,
May 13, 2018

He’s #1!

 

The pre-eminence, supremacy,
and all-sufficiency
of Christ.

COL 1:15-20

COL 1:15

Verse 15 is one of the clearest statements in the Bible about the deity of Christ.

COL 2:9

Christ is God in the flesh.

Chapter 1 features His deity.

HEB 1:1-4

Chapter 2 features His humanity.

HEB 2:5-18

COL 1:15

“firstborn” means first in rank.
Pre-eminent.
Numero Uno!

Christ is pre-eminent over all of creation.

He is prior to, and supreme over, all creation, since He is its Lord.

COL 1:18

The firstborn from the dead refers to His resurrection.

He is the first fruits of the new creation.

So Christ is pre-eminent over the original creation (which now groans…)

ROM 8:19-23