Our Incredible Savior
Outline
- Can it really be true?
- Creed
- Nicene Creed
- Preamble: God rescued us
- Jesus is Lord of Creation
- He is the image of the invisible God
- He is the firstborn over all creation
- Jesus is Lord of the new creation (vs 18)
- First place, divine fullness, and reconciliation (18-20)
- So that in everything He might have the supremacy
- God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Jesus
- Through Him to reconcile all things to Himself... by making peace through His blood, shed on the cross.
- So What?
- If Jesus really is the Lord of creation and of the new creation, then He deserves all the worship, obedience, and commitment we can give
- If Jesus really is the Lord of creation and of the New Creation, then He is completely able to fulfill God's plan to heal us and our world