3. READ: COLOSSIANS 1:15-23
[Colossians 1:15] "He [Jesus] is the image of the
invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. [16] 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. [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.
[21] "Once you were alienated from God and were enemies
in your minds because of your evil behavior. [22] But now He has
reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to
present you holy in His sight, without blemish and free from
accusation--[23] if you continue in your faith, established
and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the Gospel. This is
the Gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every
creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a
servant."
a. What is Christ Jesus the head of?
b. What is the body?
c. In what does Christ have supremacy?
d. Through what did God make peace?
