Scripture to Read: Colossians 1:15
God loves us so much that He came in the Person of Jesus, revealing Himself in bodily form, and He laid down His life for the entire human race. God led Paul to describe our Lord Jesus Christ to the believers in Colossae in Colossians 1:15–20. We read in Colossians 1:15, “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.” God had Paul give the believers in Colossae, and us, details about Jesus that confirm Jesus is God. This description of Jesus shows us that He is the precise image of our unseen God. Christ is the visible portrayal of our invisible God. Christ is also described as the firstborn of all creation, which means that Jesus is the originator, the creator, and the architect of all creation. That is why God had the Apostle John record this about Christ in John 1:3, “All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.” And, God had the writer of Hebrews record this about Christ in Hebrews 1:1–2, “God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, 2 in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world.” Through Christ our Lord, God the Father and God the Spirit created everything. That means that Christ is supreme over everything since He is God. Christ has always existed because He is eternal, and eternal life is only possible through Him.
Challenge & Application
What does it mean for you to know that Christ is the exact image of our invisible God?
How did God the Father show us today that Jesus is supreme over all and that He is eternal?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!