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Colossians 1:15-20 explicit references across the ICMC 2025 playlist

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Jesus is Supreme | Kyle Plum | ICMC 2025 Opening Night Sermon

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refers not to birth order and creation but to rank. David was the firstborn, the highest of all kings. Jesus is the firstborn, the highest over, not within, over all creation. He is not the firstborn within or under creation. He is the firstborn over all creation and outside of creation because Jesus like his father is creator. Everything was created through him. He goes on to say here in verse 16, "For in him, Jesus, all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things have been created through him and for him." I want you to think about creation for a moment. that Jesus Christ, the one who appeared in Nazareth, the one who appeared as a poor carpenter, the one who breathed and cried and felt joy just like you and me is the creator of all. In Psalm 33:6 it says, "By the word of the Lord or of Jesus, the heavens were made. Their starry host by the breath of his mouth."

00:17:11 (explicit)

in one night and Jesus was there molding that angel forming that angel. When you read the book of Job and Satan wants to attack Job and he wants to tempt him. Satan had to go ask God permission before he did it. Because in spite of the fact that we have all these crazy horror movies and Satan is so scary, he trembles before Jesus. He asks permission before he can do anything to any one of us. We see back in Colossians 1:16 that he is not only creator of the universe and all the heavens and the earth and all that is in them. He is also creator and establisher of the thrones of the dominions and the rulers and the authorities. Why is that so important? Because we live in the divided states of America. And when someone gets elected, we act like God didn't cause it. Romans 13:1 says, "He has established every authority." Meaning, when Biden got elected, that was God. When Trump got elected, that was God. It doesn't mean they're good leaders. God raises up badly just for the judgment of a country. And if he doesn't judge America, he owes Sodom and

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What changed? Here's the thing. I can't remember the first time I heard the gospel. I can't remember the first time I saw the cross and Jesus's love. I can't remember the first time I heard about Jesus. But I remember the first time I saw the supremacy of Jesus. >> I remember the first time the scales fell and I saw the glory of the one who created me. >> What changed in my life was not all that I knew about Jesus. It was not whether I went to church or didn't go to church. It was about the fact that I saw Christ supreme. Colossians 1:12 says, "God rescued us from the authority of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the son of his love, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins." Skip down to verse 20. And through him, Jesus, to reconcile all things to himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross, through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, and although you were formerly alienated and enemies in mind and in evil deeds, but now he reconciled you in the body of his flesh through death, in order to present you before him, holy and blameless and beyond reproach. Christ the supreme creator. Christ the supreme sustainer. Christ the supreme

ICMC 2025 "Proclaim" Opening Night Session

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of Christ, that we don't need Christ plus something. All we need is Jesus." He writes this to a church in Colasse, and he writes it for us here today. So, I want you to take this letter as we read this as if it is being written to you by Jesus himself that the Holy Spirit inspired Paul to write this. And what he's done tonight is he through his inspired word and through the Holy Spirit, he wants you to hear something here tonight. Now, I know Kenny just read part of it, but I'm going to reread it. Just a few verses. I'm not going to reread the whole thing, but I want you to think about why Paul wrote this to focus the church. Colossians 1:15. >> It says he is the image of the invisible God. It's talking about Jesus, the firstborn of all creation. For in him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things have been created through him and for him. And he is before all things. And in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself will come to have first place in

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Israel? No, that was Saul. So what does God mean by I will make him my firstborn? He clarifies it there. He says the highest of the kings of the earth. So firstborn in the context of David and in the context of Jesus in Colossians 1 refers not to birth order and creation but to rank. David was the firstborn, the highest of all kings. Jesus is the firstborn, the highest over, not within, over all creation. He is not the firstborn within or under creation. He is the firstborn over all creation and outside of creation because Jesus like his father is creator. Everything was created through him. He goes on to say here in verse 16, "For in him, Jesus, all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities, all things have been created through him and for him." I want you to think about creation for a moment. that Jesus Christ, the one who appeared in Nazareth, the one who appeared as a poor carpenter, the one who breathed and

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spiritual realms that we do not see was also created by him. Jesus Christ our Lord formed the angels one by one. You think about one angel in the book of Isaiah wiped out 185 Assyrian soldiers in one night. And Jesus was there molding that angel, forming that angel. When you read the book of Job and Satan wants to attack Job and he wants to tempt him, Satan had to go ask God permission before he did it. Because in spite of the fact that we have all these crazy horror movies and Satan is so scary, he trembles before Jesus. He asks permission before he can do anything to any one of us. We see back in Colossians 1:16 that he is not only creator of the universe and all the heavens and the earth and all that is in them. He is also creator and establisher of the thrones of the dominions and the rulers and the authorities. Why is that so important? Because we live in the divided states of America. And when someone gets elected, we act like God didn't cause it. Romans 13:1 says, "He has established every authority."

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I remember the first time the scales fell and I saw the glory of the one who created me. >> What changed in my life was not all that I knew about Jesus. It was not whether I went to church or didn't go to church. It was about the fact that I saw Christ supreme. Colossians 1:12 says, "God rescued us from the authority of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the son of his love, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins." Skip down to verse 20. And through him, Jesus, to reconcile all things to himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross, through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, and although you were formerly alienated and enemies in mind and in evil deeds, but now he reconciled you in the body of his flesh through death, in order to present you before him, holy and blameless and beyond reproach. Christ the supreme creator. Christ the supreme sustainer. Christ the supreme reconciler reconciled me and rescued me from the authority of darkness. An authority I could not rescue myself from. A darkness that I was dead in. A darkness that I threw myself at willingly. If Jesus would have gave me what I deserve, he would have sent me to

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Christ Vs Philosophy Part 1 | John Oaks

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kidnapped by the philosophies of the world. And the thing is we could be kidnapped by these philosophies and have no idea that that is the case. And so that's what Paul's trying to do. Now how does Paul inoculate us against the philosophies of the world? Very simple. Christ. That's the solution. Christ. And look look look at the book of Colossians. Look, Christ we are brothers and sisters in Christ. We thank God the father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Our faith is in Christ. Epifice, a faithful servant and minister of Christ. God us brought us into the kingdom of his son. We have redemption in Christ. We have forgiveness of sins in Christ. The son is the f firstborn of all creation. In Christ through him and for all things were created. Of course, that's in that brilliant christologology. Christ is before all things. In Christ, all things hold together. Christ has supremacy. That's really the theme of Colossians. All the fullness of God's dwells where in Christ. Christ is the reconciling of all things to himself. We are presented holy in God's sight. By Christ. Christ is the head of the body. God's glorious mystery is found in Christ. Christ is who we proclaim.

00:06:16 — phrases: hold-together, fullness-dwell

Christ we are brothers and sisters in Christ. We thank God the father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Our faith is in Christ. Epifice, a faithful servant and minister of Christ. God us brought us into the kingdom of his son. We have redemption in Christ. We have forgiveness of sins in Christ. The son is the f firstborn of all creation. In Christ through him and for all things were created. Of course, that's in that brilliant christologology. Christ is before all things. In Christ, all things hold together. Christ has supremacy. That's really the theme of Colossians. All the fullness of God's dwells where in Christ. Christ is the reconciling of all things to himself. We are presented holy in God's sight. By Christ. Christ is the head of the body. God's glorious mystery is found in Christ. Christ is who we proclaim. His power works in us. The mystery of God is revealed where? In Christ. And our faith is in Christ. We live our lives in Christ. You notice that in Christ. I wrote a book. I don't know. I got a copy here. Guess what the title of the book is? >> It's in Christ. Okay. And it's interesting if you think about this phrase in Christ because all right, I gave away the answer already, so it's

Jesus is Supreme | Kyle Plum | ICMC 2025 Opening Night Sermon

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00:09:28 — phrases: firstborn-creation, hold-together, created-through-him, thrones-dominions

Jesus himself. That the Holy Spirit inspired Paul to write this. And what he's done tonight is he through his inspired word and through the Holy Spirit, he wants you to hear something here tonight. Now, I know Kenny just read part of it, but I'm going to reread it. Just a few verses. I'm not going to reread the whole thing, but I want you to think about why Paul wrote this to focus the church. Colossians 1 verse1 15, >> it says he is the image of the invisible God. It's talking about Jesus. the firstborn of all creation. For in him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things have been created through him and for him. And he is before all things. And in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself will come to have first place in everything. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell. You know, we see first and foremost, Paul says that he, Jesus, is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. Let me give you a little layout about what's going to happen

00:09:59 — phrases: image-invisible-God, firstborn-creation, firstborn-from-dead, fullness-dwell, first-place, head-body-church

God. It's talking about Jesus. the firstborn of all creation. For in him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things have been created through him and for him. And he is before all things. And in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself will come to have first place in everything. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell. You know, we see first and foremost, Paul says that he, Jesus, is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. Let me give you a little layout about what's going to happen here. I'm going to do a little teaching and then for about, you know, a good chunk of this, I'm just going to boast about how amazing Jesus is. And then I'm going to share a little about how Jesus's supremacy has changed my life in my entire eternity. And at the very end, I'm going to apply this to this room. Now, buckle your seat belts when I apply it to this room. Amen. >> It says he is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. And it

00:10:29 — phrases: image-invisible-God, firstborn-creation

together. And he is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself will come to have first place in everything. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell. You know, we see first and foremost, Paul says that he, Jesus, is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. Let me give you a little layout about what's going to happen here. I'm going to do a little teaching and then for about, you know, a good chunk of this, I'm just going to boast about how amazing Jesus is. And then I'm going to share a little about how Jesus's supremacy has changed my life in my entire eternity. And at the very end, I'm going to apply this to this room. Now, buckle your seat belts when I apply it to this room. Amen. >> It says he is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. And it goes on from there to say that he is creator. Now, when I hear firstborn, I think creation, not creator. So, let's clarify that for a moment. What does firstborn mean in the context of what Paul is saying here? Well, in Psalm 89 27 when talking about King David, God says, "I also shall make him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth."

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God calls David his firstborn. Was David the first man ever created? No. That was Adam. Was David the first king in all of Israel? No, that was Saul. So what does God mean by I will make him my firstborn? He clarifies it there. He says the highest of the kings of the earth. So firstborn in the context of David and in the context of Jesus in Colossians 1 refers not to birth order and creation but to rank. David was the firstborn, the highest of all kings. Jesus is the firstborn, the highest over, not within, over all creation. He is not the firstborn within or under creation. He is the firstborn over all creation and outside of creation because Jesus like his father is creator. Everything was created through him. He goes on to say here in verse 16, "For in him, Jesus, all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things have been created through him and for him." I want you to think about creation for a

00:12:32 — phrases: created-through-him, thrones-dominions

refers not to birth order and creation but to rank. David was the firstborn, the highest of all kings. Jesus is the firstborn, the highest over, not within, over all creation. He is not the firstborn within or under creation. He is the firstborn over all creation and outside of creation because Jesus like his father is creator. Everything was created through him. He goes on to say here in verse 16, "For in him, Jesus, all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things have been created through him and for him." I want you to think about creation for a moment. that Jesus Christ, the one who appeared in Nazareth, the one who appeared as a poor carpenter, the one who breathed and cried and felt joy just like you and me is the creator of all. In Psalm 33:6 it says, "By the word of the Lord or of Jesus, the heavens were made. Their starry host by the breath of his mouth."

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lower our heads. We will raise our hands because we are before the supreme power of the universe. >> Kim Jong-un will hit his knees. Putin will hit his knees. Zalinski will hit his knees. Osama bin Laden will hit his knees. Pharaoh from the time of Moses will hit his knees. Muhammad will hit his knees. Buddha will hit his knees. And they will put their hands on their head and say, "Oh my goodness, how wrong we were." You know in verse 17 it says, "And he is before all things and in him all things hold together." Jesus not only created all but he sustains all. What that it means is is if Jesus took the night off the entire world would descend into chaos. Every element on the periodic table, every animal that walks on the earth, every continent and country and person and molecule and atom would evaporate and be crushed and swallowed by the earth. Hebrews 1:3 says, "He, Jesus, is the radiance of the glory and the exact representation of his nature and upholds all things by the word of his power. Unless Jesus declares it, it will all fall to the ground. Apart from Christ, reality as we know it

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I mean, he could have put us in a world that was black and white. It was ugly. We're just robots and we just do whatever he says. He could have created any world he wanted and he created it this way. And even more than that, here's an even greater question. Why did he create in all the creation, every star, every lion, every shark, every molecule, every wave, why did he create you and me? I was conceived on birth control. I'm kind of an accident. That's what the joke in my family, right? Wasn't an accident in God's eyes. Amen. >> Why did God create me? Why did God create you? Look back at verse 16. >> All things, all things. Is that us? >> That includes you and me. All things have been created through him. What's that next part say? And for him. For your campus ministry? Nope. For your parents? Nope. For your girlfriend? Nope. for you to follow your dreams and aspirations. Nope. >> You were created for Jesus. The God who created the universe by merely speaking and who breathed the stars into existence formed you in the womb. He created you and sewed you together.

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What changed? Here's the thing. I can't remember the first time I heard the gospel. I can't remember the first time I saw the cross and Jesus's love. I can't remember the first time I heard about Jesus. But I remember the first time I saw the supremacy of Jesus. >> I remember the first time the scales fell and I saw the glory of the one who created me. >> What changed in my life was not all that I knew about Jesus. It was not whether I went to church or didn't go to church. It was about the fact that I saw Christ supreme. Colossians 1:12 says, "God rescued us from the authority of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the son of his love, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins." Skip down to verse 20. And through him, Jesus, to reconcile all things to himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross, through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, and although you were formerly alienated and enemies in mind and in evil deeds, but now he reconciled you in the body of his flesh through death, in order to present you before him, holy and blameless and beyond reproach. Christ the supreme creator. Christ the supreme sustainer. Christ the supreme

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I knew about Jesus. It was not whether I went to church or didn't go to church. It was about the fact that I saw Christ supreme. Colossians 1:12 says, "God rescued us from the authority of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the son of his love, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins." Skip down to verse 20. And through him, Jesus, to reconcile all things to himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross, through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, and although you were formerly alienated and enemies in mind and in evil deeds, but now he reconciled you in the body of his flesh through death, in order to present you before him, holy and blameless and beyond reproach. Christ the supreme creator. Christ the supreme sustainer. Christ the supreme reconciler reconciled me and rescued me from the authority of darkness. An authority I could not rescue myself from. A darkness that I was dead in. A darkness that I threw myself at willingly. If Jesus would have gave me what I deserve, he would have sent me to hell in a second. He would have been more than justified to send me to hell. And yet here is the supreme joy of my life. The one who directs the events of the world and who's never sinned once and

ICMC 2025 "Proclaim" Opening Night Session

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worthy of the Lord and please him in every way, bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glory. glorious might so that you may have great endurance in patience and giving joyful thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the son he loves. In whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. This son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities. All things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning and the firstborn

00:32:10 — phrases: hold-together, created-through-him, head-body-church

of his holy people in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the son he loves. In whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. This son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities. All things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things and in him all things hold together. 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. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 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. Once you

00:32:42 — phrases: blood-of-cross

things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities. All things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things and in him all things hold together. 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. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 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. Once you were alienated from God and you were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. 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

00:53:04 — phrases: image-invisible-God, firstborn-creation, created-through-him

of Christ, that we don't need Christ plus something. All we need is Jesus." He writes this to a church in Colasse, and he writes it for us here today. So, I want you to take this letter as we read this as if it is being written to you by Jesus himself that the Holy Spirit inspired Paul to write this. And what he's done tonight is he through his inspired word and through the Holy Spirit, he wants you to hear something here tonight. Now, I know Kenny just read part of it, but I'm going to reread it. Just a few verses. I'm not going to reread the whole thing, but I want you to think about why Paul wrote this to focus the church. Colossians 1:15. >> It says he is the image of the invisible God. It's talking about Jesus, the firstborn of all creation. For in him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things have been created through him and for him. And he is before all things. And in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself will come to have first place in

00:53:36 — phrases: firstborn-from-dead, hold-together, created-through-him, thrones-dominions, head-body-church

here tonight. Now, I know Kenny just read part of it, but I'm going to reread it. Just a few verses. I'm not going to reread the whole thing, but I want you to think about why Paul wrote this to focus the church. Colossians 1:15. >> It says he is the image of the invisible God. It's talking about Jesus, the firstborn of all creation. For in him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things have been created through him and for him. And he is before all things. And in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself will come to have first place in everything. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell. You know, we see first and foremost, Paul says that he Jesus is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. Let me give you a little layout about what's going to happen here. Here, I'm going to do a little teaching and then for about, you know, a good chunk of this, I'm just going to boast about how amazing Jesus is. And then I'm going to share a little about how Jesus's supremacy has changed my

00:54:07 — phrases: image-invisible-God, firstborn-creation, fullness-dwell

both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things have been created through him and for him. And he is before all things. And in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself will come to have first place in everything. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell. You know, we see first and foremost, Paul says that he Jesus is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. Let me give you a little layout about what's going to happen here. Here, I'm going to do a little teaching and then for about, you know, a good chunk of this, I'm just going to boast about how amazing Jesus is. And then I'm going to share a little about how Jesus's supremacy has changed my life in my entire eternity. And at the very end, I'm going to apply this to this room. Now, buckle your seat belts when I apply it to this room. Amen. >> It says, "He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation." And it goes on from there to say that he is creator. Now when I hear firstborn, I think creation, not creator. So let's clarify that for a

00:54:38 — phrases: image-invisible-God, firstborn-creation

everything. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell. You know, we see first and foremost, Paul says that he Jesus is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. Let me give you a little layout about what's going to happen here. Here, I'm going to do a little teaching and then for about, you know, a good chunk of this, I'm just going to boast about how amazing Jesus is. And then I'm going to share a little about how Jesus's supremacy has changed my life in my entire eternity. And at the very end, I'm going to apply this to this room. Now, buckle your seat belts when I apply it to this room. Amen. >> It says, "He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation." And it goes on from there to say that he is creator. Now when I hear firstborn, I think creation, not creator. So let's clarify that for a moment. What does firstborn mean in the context of what Paul is saying here? Well, in Psalm 89 27 when talking about King David, God says, "I also shall make him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth." God calls David his firstborn. Was David the first man ever created? No, that was Adam. Was David the first king in all of

00:56:12 — phrases: firstborn-creation, created-through-him

Israel? No, that was Saul. So what does God mean by I will make him my firstborn? He clarifies it there. He says the highest of the kings of the earth. So firstborn in the context of David and in the context of Jesus in Colossians 1 refers not to birth order and creation but to rank. David was the firstborn, the highest of all kings. Jesus is the firstborn, the highest over, not within, over all creation. He is not the firstborn within or under creation. He is the firstborn over all creation and outside of creation because Jesus like his father is creator. Everything was created through him. He goes on to say here in verse 16, "For in him, Jesus, all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities, all things have been created through him and for him." I want you to think about creation for a moment. that Jesus Christ, the one who appeared in Nazareth, the one who appeared as a poor carpenter, the one who breathed and

00:56:42 — phrases: created-through-him, thrones-dominions

is the firstborn, the highest over, not within, over all creation. He is not the firstborn within or under creation. He is the firstborn over all creation and outside of creation because Jesus like his father is creator. Everything was created through him. He goes on to say here in verse 16, "For in him, Jesus, all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities, all things have been created through him and for him." I want you to think about creation for a moment. that Jesus Christ, the one who appeared in Nazareth, the one who appeared as a poor carpenter, the one who breathed and cried and felt joy just like you and me is the creator of all. In Psalm 33:6, it says, "By the word of the Lord or of Jesus, the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth." Did you know that there are more stars in the universe than there are individual words that have ever been spoken in any language in the history of mankind?

01:06:28 — phrases: hold-together

like heaven, we're not going to be jumping around the throne. We will be on our knees before the Lord, before the one who is worthy of all glory and honor and wealth and wisdom and every scent of riches that we have. We will fall on our knees. We will lower our heads. We will raise our hands because we are before the supreme power of the universe. >> Kim Jong-un will hit his knees. Putin will hit his knees. Zalinski will hit his knees. Osama bin Laden will hit his knees. Pharaoh from the time of Moses will hit his knees. Muhammad will hit his knees. Buddha will hit his knees. And they will put their hands on their head and say, "Oh my goodness, how wrong we were." You know in verse 17 it says, "And he is before all things and in him all things hold together." Jesus not only created all but he sustains all. What that means is is if Jesus took the night off, the entire world would descend into chaos. Every element on the periodic table, every animal that walks on the earth, every continent and country and person and molecule and atom would evaporate and be crushed and swallowed by the earth. Hebrews 1:3 says, "He, Jesus, is the radiance of the glory and the exact

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question. Why did he create in all the creation, every star, every lion, every shark, every molecule, every wave, why did he create you and me? I was conceived on birth control. I'm kind of an accident. That's what the joke in my family, right? Wasn't an accident in God's eyes. Amen. Why did God create me? Why did God create you? Look back at verse 16. >> All things, all things. Is that us? >> That includes you and me. All things have been created through him. What's that next part say? And for him. For your campus ministry? Nope. For your parents? Nope. For your girlfriend? Nope. for you to follow your dreams and aspirations. Nope. You were created for Jesus. The God who created the universe by merely speaking and who breathed the stars into existence formed you in the womb. He created you and sewed you together. He formed your mind and your emotions and your entire existence for one purpose, him. You were not created for anyone or anything except him. Here's the thing, though.

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I remember the first time the scales fell and I saw the glory of the one who created me. >> What changed in my life was not all that I knew about Jesus. It was not whether I went to church or didn't go to church. It was about the fact that I saw Christ supreme. Colossians 1:12 says, "God rescued us from the authority of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the son of his love, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins." Skip down to verse 20. And through him, Jesus, to reconcile all things to himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross, through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, and although you were formerly alienated and enemies in mind and in evil deeds, but now he reconciled you in the body of his flesh through death, in order to present you before him, holy and blameless and beyond reproach. Christ the supreme creator. Christ the supreme sustainer. Christ the supreme reconciler reconciled me and rescued me from the authority of darkness. An authority I could not rescue myself from. A darkness that I was dead in. A darkness that I threw myself at willingly. If Jesus would have gave me what I deserve, he would have sent me to