Colossians 1:15–20 (Danny S.)

THESUPREMACY OF CHRIST: Over Creation And The ChurchColossians 1:15–20 (ESV)  15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by him all things were created,in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions orrulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and inhim all things hold together. 18 Andhe is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn fromthe dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. 19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 20 and through him to reconcile tohimself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood ofhis cross. 1. CHRIST IS ABOVE ALLCREATION. John 1:18 No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at theFather’s side, he has made him known. 2. CHRIST IS THE AGENT OFCREATION. Daniel 10:13 The prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood metwenty-one days, but Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for Iwas left there with the kings of Persia,”Ephesians 2:2 in which you once walked, following the course ofthis world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that isnow at work in the sons of disobedience—Ephesians 6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, butagainst the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers overthis present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenlyplaces. 3. CHRIST IS ABSOLUTE OVERCREATION.  4. CHRIST IS AHEAD OFALL CREATION.   5. CHRIST IS THE ADHESIVE INALL CREATION.   6. CHRIST IS THE AUTHORITY INTHE CHURCH.   7. CHRIST ACCOMPLISHED RECONCILIATION.