Comment: We as
children of God, that is; those who are, as the Holy Spirit reveals through the
apostle Peter “begotten again” according to the Father’s abundant mercy, He has
given us a “living hope”. (1Peter 1:3) In other words, if I sound
confusing, I apologize, but my intent; even as it was yesterday, is to show
that Christ is preeminent, not only in the corporate setting of church, but
also in our personal walk of faith in Him. Throughout the epistles, and whether
it is the apostle Paul, Peter or John, these men all agree, Christ is LORD,
both in the church and in our personal soul. He is preeminent in time and
eternity. For you and me to live in Him, that is to allow Him to sanctify us
daily we must know His preeminence; that it is God’s will that we are to live
in Him, just as He lives in us. See 2 Corinthians 3:7-18, we observe that the ‘glory’
of the New Covenant is Christ in us, verses 16-18.
Devotional: Colossians 1:9-18 – By faith; we are ‘begotten
of God’ He has qualified us to be partakers of His inheritance. He alone has provided
for us through faith in Him and there is no other offering we can offer, we are
to believe Him and He will do the rest. God’s inheritance comes from Him alone
through personal faith. And by faith we learn that Christ/Messiah is preeminent
over all things. He is over the visible and the invisible. He Jesus is
the image of the invisible God, there are several passages in the gospel of
John revealing that Jesus Christ is God the Father, I have chosen this one (John
14:9), take a look!
Flesh and blood will not
inherit the kingdom of God, (1 Corinthians 15:50) therefore; if this is true
and it is, what should a child of God by faith in Christ seek to improve on? My
flesh and my body is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more and so it is
with everyone who is saved by the marvelous grace of God, yet we are made alive
again; not in the flesh, but in our soul where Christ via the Holy Spirit
lives, see again 2 Corinthians 3:16-18. Now we are His workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus. We are, reborn for good works out of our soul, the flesh is dead.
Galatians 2:20 and Galatians 5:24-26.
Colossians 1:16-18 – For by Him all
things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and
invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things
were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him
all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the
beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the
preeminence. As we will see tomorrow, this is the Will of God for all of His
Children; we are to be reconciled to this truth. Christ in His preeminence
LEADS the way.
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