Colossians 1:15-23
I am struck by the phrase in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell. How exactly does that work? ALL the fullness of God, was PLEASED to dwell. It must be possible since we read here that it has already happened. I wonder would the fullness of God be pleased to dwell in me? Would that be possible, even?
Today's title suggests that it is all about Jesus. We see from this reading that he was before everything, and everything was made through him, and he was/is the firstborn from the dead. This echos what we read yesterday in Paul's letter to the Christians in Philippi, and echos what we read from John's Gospel on day 1.
Now we see a little more: and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross...in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven...
I think it will be very good to read more about Jesus - and about the need for this reconciliation and how the cross accomplished this. I will be looking forward to hearing more about these topics. For now, I am willing to continue in the faith - to keep my eye on the Gospel and I really look forward to hearing what has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven.
A friend recently sent me some cartoons of Maxine talking about Jesus and the caption in one says God made the angels and Satan was one of them, so there was no way Satan was going to defeat God - so no worries. Somehow this concept of everything being made through Jesus, in whom the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, makes the rest of the world and all its worries seem much less significant, making it possible not to shift from the hope of the Gospel that we have heard. Tomorrow we read, what is God like. I'm looking forward to that. Peace.
-see you tomorrow
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