God the Son, Student Workbook, SW10

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G O D T H E S O N

The Center and Circumference: Christianity Is Jesus Christ (continued)

• Who ministered only three years, and was rejected by his peers, countrymen, and the religious establishment • Who died in shame, was executed publicly between two thieves, and placed in a borrowed tomb Yet all of the persons, books, philosophies, systems, governments, artists, educators, religious leaders, military conquerors, persons of influence and power put together have not had the impact of this one itinerant Jewish preacher has had on the structure and fate of the world. Christianity is Jesus Christ. The story is about his person and influence and calling and vision and work and future. To understand all that God wants us to know and be and do, all one must do is master the life and person of Christ, which his followers confess to be alive today. Col. 1.15-20 (ESV) - He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. [16] For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. [17] And 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, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. [19] For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, [20] and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. The Text for Today

I. Jesus the Final and Full Revelation of God. In Order to Understand the Father, We Must Come to Know the Person of Jesus Christ, Who Is Both the Means and End of Creation Itself .

A. Jesus is the express image of God’s person through whom God made the entire created spheres. Col. 1.15-16 (ESV) - He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. [16] For by him all things were created, in