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WHAT DOES IT SAY:
15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.16 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. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. 19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 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.

Look for repetition – in this section of scripture, the word “All”:

- Over all creation
- All things were created
- All things were created
- Before all things
- All things hold together


WHAT’S THE BACKSTORY:
He existed before his earthly life (before all things) – he is supreme

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
v 18 - “so that” – cues us in to the reason Paul is explaining this to the Colossians

v 19-20 - Jesus is God, and He is a reconciling agent (bringing back into proper order)

WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR ME?
There is nothing in life that is untouched by Christ--either now or later. Either you choose to have Christ’s reconciling work bring you to communion with the Father, or ultimately that will happen later. I choose to be friends with God now.

Revelation 21
6 He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. 7 Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children. 8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

Be thirsty for God.

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