Who He is - Who We Are

Lance Herst

 

 

Colossians 1:13-14 

• For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his dear Son, who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins.
• The Kingdom of God is not something to be observed, the Kingdom of God is something you embrace personally

Colossians 1:15-16

• Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.
• He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation.
• For through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth.
• He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see; such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world.
• Everything was created through him and for him.

Colossians 1:17

• He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together.

Colossians 1:18

• Christ is also the head of the church, which is the body. He is the beginning, supreme over all who rise from the dead.

Colossians 1:19-20

• For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ blood on the cross.

   

Colossians 1:21

• This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions.

Colossians 1:22

• Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body…
•  …As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault.
• You can’t experience the freedom of Gods pleasure for you until you accept the forgiven position he has placed you in.

Mathew 13:33

• Mathew 13:33 “The Kingdom of Heaven is like the yeast a woman used in making bread. Even though she put only a little yeast in three measures of flour, it permeated every part of the dough.”
• The Kingdom orchestrates effective change where we grant access and submit control.