Better Understanding
August 6, 2023, | Bryan Lloyd
Who is Jesus?
1. Jesus is more than a man, He is
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
Colossians 1:15 NIV
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. Hebrews 1:3 NIV
And I will appoint him to be my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth. Psalm 89:27 NIV
2. Jesus is the
For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. Colossians 1:16-17 NIV
He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. John 1:2-3 NIV
3. Jesus is the only way to
And he is the head of the body, the church…so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. Colossians 1:19-20 NIV
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Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. Colossians 1:21 NIV
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But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation… Colossians 1:22 NIV
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… if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel.”” Colossians 1:21-23 NIV
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