May 28 - Colossians 1:19-20
“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.”
Paul made a clear statement as to Christ’s divinity with Colossians 1:19. All of God’s fullness dwelt within Christ. Christ was fully God. The Greek words here fill out the concept so beautifully … the Greek word for fullness means completeness … and the word for dwell means to abide permanently.
What comfort these words bring to us in a world that questions the truth of Christ. He is none other than God and He will be God forever. The One who lived among mankind, died on the cross to redeem us and rose again to reign is God and will be throughout eternity. We have nothing to fear … this is the One who loves us.
Christ will reconcile all things to God. Mankind left God – God has no need to reconcile Himself to us, He never budged, we did. To bring us back, to bring everything back into order with God, we have Christ.
When we think of reconciliation, we think of peace. Christ died on the cross to make peace between man and God. He is the embodiment – the image of God, by him all things were created, he is the firstborn of creation, he holds all things together, he reigns supreme, God dwells in Him completely and forever and he died to bring us back into reconciliation with God.
How can we do anything but worship Christ?
“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.”
Paul made a clear statement as to Christ’s divinity with Colossians 1:19. All of God’s fullness dwelt within Christ. Christ was fully God. The Greek words here fill out the concept so beautifully … the Greek word for fullness means completeness … and the word for dwell means to abide permanently.
What comfort these words bring to us in a world that questions the truth of Christ. He is none other than God and He will be God forever. The One who lived among mankind, died on the cross to redeem us and rose again to reign is God and will be throughout eternity. We have nothing to fear … this is the One who loves us.
Christ will reconcile all things to God. Mankind left God – God has no need to reconcile Himself to us, He never budged, we did. To bring us back, to bring everything back into order with God, we have Christ.
When we think of reconciliation, we think of peace. Christ died on the cross to make peace between man and God. He is the embodiment – the image of God, by him all things were created, he is the firstborn of creation, he holds all things together, he reigns supreme, God dwells in Him completely and forever and he died to bring us back into reconciliation with God.
How can we do anything but worship Christ?
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