– Psalm 89:27; Revelation 3:14 (“firstborn” = ruler/heir). This is the supremacy of Christ. Secondly, that could mean he said preachers just don’t seem to be talking about the real thing. Well everybody here remembers perhaps from high school physics that light travels at about 5.87 trillion miles a year. The galaxies spin at his command. God brought Jesus to the earth, God brought Jesus to Israel and not by any mere, immediate, impersonal force, but you can see it at the end of the first the phrase as he promised. Let us look at each of these three descriptions of Christ. If you like, the sovereignty of God is the exercise of that supremacy, it is that all-power in action, it is God's ability to use the power that He has in the way that His own divine counsels will and will have. Jesus never came into existence. Why? Therefore I plead with few pastors to make him supreme in your preaching. If God exists, the God of the Bible, then what’s wrong with our preaching? And here are the answers: 1) in relation to God – Jesus is the image of the invisible God (15a); 2) in relation to creation – Jesus is the firstborn over all creation (15b-17); and 3) in relation to the church – Jesus is the head of the body, the church (18). Christ is supreme over the church because he is the founder of the church and he is the firstborn from among the dead. I didn’t become a father until my first child came into existence. Third, Ben, God is love and his love is scorned when we treat him as a matter of indifference whether or not we communicate good things for other people that they desperately need to hear from us. Last question: How should we do this? Why should I care about communicating? Why do you make so much of the supremacy of God being the theme of preaching? Unfortunately it has been wrongly used over the years to teach that Jesus was the first created being. God raised them up. Just as God did not save the world apart from Christ, so he did not create the world apart from Christ. We are going to look at the person of Christ this week in verses 15-18 and then next week we will look at the work of Christ in verses 19-23. Paul gives us a similar list in Ephesians 1:21 but in a different order, so we cannot figure out rank from this list. They don’t get to hear each other. B. Phillips wrote a little book that's still being widely read. At His pleasure, the Red Sea divided and its waters stood up as walls (Ex. He is not simply a man greater than the rest but is truly above all creation, as only God can be. God’s word restores the soul, comforts the afflicted, emboldens the weak, and corrects the sinner, but only as we really read and hear it. In the next verses Paul tells us four things that are true of Jesus as the firstborn over creation: 1) Jesus created all things, 2) Jesus inherits all things, 3) Jesus existed before all things, 4) Jesus sustains all things. If Christ is supreme over all things, then he should be supreme in your life as well. He used “firstborn” (prototokos) instead.]. Now it is true that Jesus said nobody takes my life from me, I lay it down on my own accord and if I laid it down I will take it again. By the greatness by his might, because he is strong in power not one of them is missing.”. Will you give Christ first place in your life? He must have looked at what their preachers said about God and felt that they were blaspheming. And … Paul’s was there was a great, there is a great, glorious, supreme God. Academic and nonacademic and they fit the pattern perfectly. And finally, they need to communicate and care about communicating and not putting spelling stumbling blocks in the way of your communication because language is God’s idea from the beginning. Jesus is the head of the body, the church (18). B. Phillips said people everywhere tend to shrink down their concept of God to the size of their own ideas and feelings. Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. He is supreme over creation in the past because he is the creator of all things. The Jehovah’s Witnesses today teach the same thing. Welcome! It’s the same way with any false teaching about Jesus Christ. He will be king. In verse 27, he says that those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him, nor understand the utterance of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning him. Christians are unavoidably out of step with this world. The earth is the Lord’s. What I would like to do is take you to a sermon that I think is probably the most God-centered sermon in the Bible and if you have a viable and you can read it in the light that’s out there for you, you can turn with me to Acts chapter 13. It would be helpful if you look at it because instead of reading the sermon I’m going to jump from verse to verse and diverse portion to first portion and make points that draw out what you might have missed. And if God is supreme in his own affections and in his own planning and in his own world and in his own word, then surely God should be supreme in our sermon planning and in our annunciation of his word. In fact it is one of the high points in all the Bible talking about Christ (along with John 1:1-5, Philippians 2:6-11, Hebrews 1:1-4; Rev 5:11-14). Christ is supreme over creation in the past, in the present and in the future. God’s quest to be glorified and your quest to be satisfied are not at odds, they are one in worship. This is an amazing sermon. However, the good news gets even better than that! He is the image of the invisible God. In other words, Paul chose words here, Paul chose words in the sermon that would get all attention and all authority and also promises and all centrality for the one main actor in the universe, God. If it ever came to the end of Philippians 2 and every tongue will confess, every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord to the glory of God the father. Christ is supreme over all things, which is why Christ is central to all things, which is why we are called to live the Christ-centered life. Every star, every planet, every atom, every molecule at every moment is completely and totally dependent on Jesus Christ. Back to Colossians 1:18: “He is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.” (Colossians 1:18) Now the first thing we should grasp from this verse is the still amazing fact after all these years that Jesus is alive. He isn’t there and the sheer absence of God is blasphemy. I conclude that virtually all news reports are superficial, virtually all history books are superficial, virtually all public education is superficial, virtually all editorial and news, commentary is superficial for one very simple reason, which a child can understand: because of the incredible, unspeakable, unimaginable disregard for God in it all. Feel free to hit the comments button on any post and join the discussion. It’s because it’s his passion. This morning we are going to look at verses 15-18 which focus on the person of Christ – who Jesus is.       – John 1:1-2, 8:58, And then the third thing Colossians tells us about Jesus as the firstborn over all creation is that Jesus existed before all things. Paul describe this invisible, spiritual world even further when he says: “whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities.” These terms refer to the various beings that inhabit the spiritual world. When it is followed by a singular, it means rank or superiority over that class. A. Easter is a wonderful day we celebrate – though not necessarily Scriptural and certainly commercialized – still a great day to celebrate many things. The God Who Is Holy (Part 6 of 6) The Presence of God is Everything! What is supreme to God ultimately is God. We all know that right? Read Hebrews 1:1-3 reflecting upon the supremacy of Jesus. The supremacy of Christ affirms that Jesus is fully God. Christ is supreme. I was so cut at reading that, that I pledge to God to redouble my efforts not ever to have anybody be able to say that about me. Preaching Today provides pastors and preachers sermon prep help with sermon illustrations, sermons, sermon ideas, and preaching articles. And then Colossians 1:18 ends with a summary of this whole section: “… so that in everything he might have the supremacy.” (Colossians 1:18) Christ’s resurrection from the dead completes the picture. We only see the physical world, but the spiritual world is just as real. Now Jesus said that nobody is greater born a woman than John the Baptist. Sometimes we read the Scripture so often we fail to be stunned by the way it is written and the way the apostles preached. The following is a lightly edited transcript. We’re on a mission to change that. Jesus not only rose from the dead; he is the “firstborn” from among the dead. He rose from the dead. Who is this sender? Thanks for visiting! Our Awesome God - Part 3 Romans 11:22-36 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - Oct. 2, 2016 BACKGROUND: *Tonight we get to the end of Romans 11, and all of you probably know that in the last three chapters Paul was led by God's Holy Spirit to discuss the Jews. Now that’s an incredible sentence. In fact the firstborn was used as a title for the Messiah who would rule over and inherit God’s kingdom. He is author of. The title was "Your God Is Too Small". That’s what we see at the end of verse 16: “all things were created by him and for him.” (Colossians 1:16) Remember that’s part of what the firstborn means. You can also check out the Top Posts page to get a feel for the site. But it’s not the last thing A.W. This is why we have at the bottom of our stationery that word that sums up all of my theology, “God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.” This is the good news. Regular, disciplined Bible intake is not optional for God’s people. No, you haven’t. Jesus affirmed this to Peter in the gospel of Matthew. He is supreme over the old creation, and he is supreme over the new creation. : A sermon, delivered in the Second Independent Church, in Charleston, S.C. April 22, 1826. Once again, this does not necessarily mean that he is the first to be raised from the dead. Jesus created all things; Jesus inherits all things; Jesus existed before all things; Jesus sustains all things. But God the Father has always been the Father because Jesus has always been his Son. And here’s another answer, my answer to my son and to anybody who’ll listen. This is a reflection of Genesis 1 where we read: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1) Genesis tells us that God created the heavens and the earth. 16:17). He said four things. From verse 21, it was God who gave to Israel her first King, Saul. Hello and welcome to RayFowler.org. There is no church or faith without Christ’s resurrection. Aren’t you? Paul is on a mission for the sake of the supremacy of his God. In New Testament times it was used of images on a coin. That the God who is invisible became visible through Jesus Christ. B. He was with God in the beginning.” (John 1:1-2) In the beginning before anything had yet been created, Jesus was with God and he was God. Just like God the Father has always existed, so Jesus has always existed. He not only created all things; he also inherits all things. We are going to look at what each of these three descriptions mean, but right up front let me tell you that together these verses teach us the supremacy of Christ. It’s interesting, the rabbis taught that the world was created for Messiah, but they didn’t know that the Messiah also created the world. Christ is supreme because God is supreme, and Christ is the image of the invisible God. Robert G. Slaton Sermon Outline. Why should the supremacy of God be the passion of our preaching? Because Jesus rose from the dead, we will be raised also. But Piper couples the call to gravity with a plea for gladness, rooted in the character of God: You would be dead. I think those three verses are probably the most dense, concentrated, God-centered verses in the Bible. From verse 19, it was God who destroyed the seven nations that they encountered as they entered Canaan. The conclusion is unmistakable: Jesus is God, and all things were created by him. Jesus raised Jesus from the dead. The false teachers at Colosse tried to move Jesus out of first place. Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” (Colossians 1:15-17) These are amazing words, staggering in their description of Christ in his relationship to creation. One is in college and one is in high school and my little girl hasn’t started school yet and I pray that in all of their learning they would seek God. My passion to make God supreme in preaching both in my own and in everybody I can influence took a tremendous leap forward several years ago when I read in a journal that you may have heard of called First Things, a journal of political and religious comments. First of all Jesus is the image of the invisible God. As the head of the body, Jesus is the beginning of the church. As the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep, the resurrected Jesus was an indication that we too would be raised from the dead. Let’s put it positively, surely then the theme, the spirit, the atmosphere of our preaching should be the majesty and the glory and the supremacy of God and everything else that we talk about should be brought into relationship to this and it should be the passion of our preaching and our lives. Rulership and Responsibility for Creation, A Final Easter Cartoon from B.C. In other words, God flexed his muscles in Egypt so that people would see his strength, God means to be seen in the Exodus. “The DuVal family: Will, Polly, Ellery & Elijah” I love the book of Ecclesiastes, which essentially outlines King Solomon’s testimony. We do so because God is supreme in the heart of God and in redemptive history and in salvation and in the Bible and in missions and in prayer — which we’ll get to later. Rather it means the one who has the right of inheritance. 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. Verse 29: “And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb.” So right to the end, it’s all fulfilling of God’s word and God’s plan. II. Now what I want to do tonight is to pose two questions about this. It says. Now scientists know these things and they are awed by them and they conclude if there is as the Christians say a personal God, a personal God who spoke that into being and as Hebrews 1:3 says upholds it by the word of his power, then there ought to be a certain respect for him. The supremacy of God in preaching and the supremacy of God in praying came together for us like this: that God has a tremendous passion to be gloried in creating and redeeming a world, and every human I know has a passion to be satisfied in their deep heart. And here we learn that Jesus is the firstborn over all creation. That’s not the point anyways. If you said to me or to the people in Antioch that God promised these things, they are in the word, and therefore in harmony with God, who did them. See what's new with book lending at the Internet Archive. A steady diet of psychological soothing and practical how-to’s and relational therapy gets very thin and somehow seemed very inauthentic and gives the impression we are talking about the real thing. What place does Jesus Christ have in your life? Baptist Distinctives: The Supremacy of God. The unity and supremacy of God the Father. Jesus is alive! To him be the glory forever! From verse 20, it was God who gave Israel judges. 005986738 or maybe Jim or John or Sally. Introduction. Jesus is supreme over all things, and he should always have first place – first place in the universe, first place in the church, first place in your heart. In John 8:58 Jesus told the Jews: “I tell you the truth, before Abraham was born, I am!” (John 8:58) This is a remarkable statement because that phrase “I am” was the divine name for God. Now I admit that my sampling is very limited, preachers have this one great advantage. It was the first chance I ever had to stand in the pulpit of the chapel at Wheaton College. One is to ask why this is so. And here in Colossians God’s providential care of the universe is revealed as the sustaining power of Jesus, the firstborn over all creation. All of the Old Testament prophets pointed ahead to Christ. But Christ is supreme. 21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. When you talk about the world do you say God did this and God did that and God did this and God did this and God did that and God raised up this president and got but this president down and God raised up the senator and output that senator down and got put this man in placing God put that down and God ordained this simple strategy and God, when his purpose was done, did this and did that and he reigns over the nations. Our text continues the opening sentence of Hebrews. No human being on earth is the head of the church. Question number one then, why should be supremacy of God be the passion and the theme of our preaching? The Supremacy of Christ Tim Melton 1 John 4:1-3 The Supremacy of Christ is an over-arching theme in scripture. That I should be like him says the Holy One. The word ''Supremacy'' in the Oxford Dictionary is defined as ''The state or condition of being superior to all others in authority, power, or status.'' Tozer and a few others are heroes of mine, and the book that made this point in my life and a life-changing way about twenty-five years ago now is called “The Dissertation Concerning the End for Which God Created the World.” That’s the short title. And I want to so speak tonight as to the cut preachers and inspiring preachers and those who form search committees in call of preachers so as to want never to have that said of us. The church is the body of Christ, and Jesus is the head of the body. It wouldn’t be as incredible. And if these things were at odds there would be no gospel in the world. 14). He is the beginning of the church And fourth, preachers seem to be blaspheming. The word “head” refers to both source and authority. Arianism was the false teaching that taught that Jesus was created rather than eternal. Behold the awesome supremacy of our God (vs. 33-36). From verse 23, it was God who brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus.

We’ll close with just a practical illustration of how we will weave such a thing into all of our preaching. As the beginning of the church Jesus is both the founder and ruler of the church. This is the blasphemous answer, the standard answer, the twentieth-century answer, the public school answer. There are no influences regularly in the lives of my people calling them away from the God-belittling, God-neglecting, God-despising, television and culture that they are immersed in besides me because most of them don’t tune in to regular radio and most radio don’t get it anyway. Hebrews 1:2 speaks about Jesus’ rights of inheritance when it describes him as God’s “Son, whom he appointed heir of all things.” (Hebrews 1:2) Romans 11:36 says something similar about God: “For from him and through him and to him are all things. Christ is at the center of all things. There are Christian ways to spell words. Now that’s the way a cynic, a superficial, 20th century saturated God-neglecting cynic response to talking about God-centered spelling. He will forever be the heir of all things, and the exact imprint of God’s nature. And that’s what today’s passage and next week’s passage do. That’s what’s in Paul’s mind here as he enunciates the removal of Saul and now verse 22, second half. “The Dissertation Concerning the End for Which God Created the World” and in it he makes this point, I’ll read you the thesis. Here are the thoughts that come to my mind as I apply this to my life as a preacher and into yours. And secondly, how shall we then preach? There was a time when I was not a father.       – Romans 11:36; Hebrews 1:2, Jesus not only created all things; he also inherits all things. And that means that we will be raised from the dead, too! And so the best antidote to false teaching is to know the truth about who Christ is and what he has done. Finally, verse 30, it was God who raised Jesus from the dead. Spelling, and I can hear the cynics write a Christian spelling. He created the world to go public with his glory. When it comes to Christianity most false teaching distorts either the person or the work of Christ. For those who are stunned by the indescribable magnitude of the universe, not to mention the infinitely greater author of the universe. They give a false understanding of who Jesus is. From verse 18, it was God who bore with Israel in the wilderness for another old reading with just one letter difference and the Greek. I remember just a few years ago that I was at my Alma Mater preaching. There was never a time when God the Father was not the Father, because there was never a time when Jesus was not the Son. In fact, if you push it all the way back, the supremacy of God is the theme of God. The author is showing that Jesus Christ is God’s supreme and final revelation to us. The supremacy of the true and living God might well be argued from the infinite distance which separates the mightiest creatures from the almighty Creator. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. However, the Bible never really ranks these beings for us. Paul goes on to define what he means when he says Christ is the head of the church, and he tells us two things in particular: Jesus is the beginning, and he is the firstborn from among the dead, A. Let me read it very carefully for you. We are not to make any idols or representations of God. But after me one is coming, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.”. 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. Next we want to see who Jesus is in relation to creation. The Supremacy of Christ in Creation (vss. The image of the invisible God, so if you're looking at Christ, you're seeing God. Look at verses 15-17: “He is … the firstborn over all creation. He had seen much more Majesty than they had ever imagined and they were just not talking about the real thing. God the Son, God who became flesh, became the visible representation of the immortal, invisible, and the almighty God. Every breath you take in this world is dependent on the sustaining power of Jesus Christ. And when the Jews heard him say this, they picked up stones to stone him, because in claiming this name for himself, Jesus was claiming to be none other than the eternal God who always is and has always been and always will be. He is the firstborn over all creation, and he is the firstborn from among the dead. In fact, if you push it all the way back, the supremacy of God is the theme of God. C. Jesus existed before all things (17a) It was God who gave Israel the land of Canaan as an inheritance. And he deserves first place in everything. They claim to be talking about the absolutely eternal, infinite, unchanging creator of the universe, but it doesn’t feel like it. Christ is supreme over all creation because he created all things, he inherits all things, he existed before all things, and he sustains all things. In our verses this morning Paul answers three questions about the person of Christ: who is Jesus in relation to God, who is Jesus in relation to creation, and who is Jesus in relation to the church? Remember what we said earlier – most false teachings have to do with a distortion of either the person or work of Jesus Christ. In John 8:58 Jesus told the Jews: “I tell you the truth, before Abraham was born, I am!” (John 8:58) This is a remarkable statement because that phrase “I am” was the divine name for God. Do you want to know what God looks like? As Hebrews 1:3 says: “The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being.” (Hebrews 1:3). Look at Jesus. Those prophets spoke the Word of God — but Christ is the Word of God. Christ is supreme over all things. Christ’s resurrection is the basis of our life and faith. Six times: for my name’s sake, for my name’s sake, for my glory I will not give my glory to another. That is the gospel. I do see the design of the universe has essentially a religious question that is one should have some kind of respect and awe for the whole business. I have five kids and two of my boys are out of school now. Christ’s Supremacy Over the Spiritual and Physical Universes What do we mean when we say Jesus is the firstborn over all creation? 2) Jesus inherits all things. He is the firstborn from among the dead Matthew 2:1-23. For my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? Jesus is the firstborn over all creation (15b-17) So who is Jesus in relation to creation? God changes times and seasons, he removes kings and sets up kings, or as Daniel 4:32 says, “The Most High rules over the kingdom of man he gives it to whomever he will.”. An awe and dread and fear of not knowing, loving, trusting or obeying such a God. Rather, just as in verse 15, it means supremacy – that Christ’s resurrection is the basis for all other resurrections. Now as a scholar you can say many things intelligently about many things and if you leave out the main connections in reality, you’re treating it superficially. I think the reason they have names is so that he can call them and tell them what to do. What I mean by superficial is the treatment of it involves everything you can say about it except the main things. 15-17) The first part of this hymn claimed that Jesus is the Lord, the maker and upholder of all things in the universe. These rulers didn’t rise up on their own: Samson, Deborah, Gideon, etc. (Read Colossians 1:15-18 and pray.). “The Dissertation Concerning the End for Which God Created the World.”. It is God’s plan for preserving us and bringing us safely to glory. 45:34. I’ve had two kinds of sons. Because Jesus is the image of God. God raised him from the dead. In fact, I believe that is why Einstein had so little use for organized religion although he strikes me as a basically very religious man. That’s what Colossians 1:15 says: “He is the image of the invisible God.” (Colossians 1:15) The Bible tells us that God is spirit which means that he is invisible. The things in heaven and on earth that Jesus created are further described as “visible and invisible.” There is both a physical and a spiritual world that God created. This doctrine is essential to our view of and worship of Christ. Amen.” (Romans 11:36). Godless answers all. And John the Baptist says I’m not worthy to untie the shoes of Jesus Christ. Why this passive verb? Inanimate matter, irrational creatures, all perform their Maker’s bidding. And you may also remember that the galaxy of which our planet, solar system is apart, Milky Way, is about 100,000 light-years across, that’s about 587,000 trillion miles. We read in John 1:18: “No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father’s side, has made him known.” (John 1:18) What is John saying here? It came through Jesus.       – Matthew 16:16-18. And here we find that he is the head of the body, which is the church. He raises up David, the son of Jesse, a shepherd boy, a harp player, a slaying shooter, and God, against all human expectations, says that’s my man. The Supremacy of Christ Tony Nester Colossians 1:15-20 How big is your Jesus? Mark Vroegop. It also came through Jesus. Faught adapted this article from a sermon … Well if you don’t learn how to spell or you don’t learn how to communicate well, you won’t succeed in business and you won’t make as much money and you won’t advance in the community. For my name’s sake I defer my anger; for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, that I may not cut you off. I. Jesus is the image of the invisible God (15a) There is a different word that Paul could have used for “first-created” (protoktistos), but he didn’t use that word. “The great end of God’s works which is so very easily expressed in scripture is indeed but one, and this one end is most properly and comprehensively called the glory of God.”. The Nicene Creed puts it this away: that Jesus is “the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of his Father before all worlds.” God the Father is eternally the Father, and Jesus Christ is eternally the Son. We find this same teaching expressed in a slightly different way in 1 Corinthians 15 where Christ is described as the firstfruits rather than the firstborn. RayFowler.org is a place to discuss various issues relating to God and life. God says. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Seeing and Savoring the Supremacy of Jesus Christ Above All Things - Duration: 45:34. bloodisbleach 78,173 views. The firstborn from among the dead carries a similar meaning to the firstfruits. Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, "Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? An illustration of a magnifying glass. You won’t have as high self-esteem. I ask you lay people do you talk like that? So get to work and we’ll help you. If you did, you wouldn’t be here! For example they put the “thrones” in what they called the seventh or highest level of heaven. 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