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Colossians 1:18

The pre-eminence of Christ (VIII)

Read Revelation 21:1-27

As it pleases the Father to give Christ pre-eminence in all things, it pleases every believer to know that Christ is pre-eminent. Nothing can more effectually comfort and challenge the believer’s heart than the knowledge of Christ’s preeminence. InColossians 1:15-20; Colossians 1:15-20, Paul gives us a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, our Redeemer, our Savior, our Friend, our glorious King, holding in his almighty hand all of creation. He who loved us and gave himself for us holds the whole world in his hand. He who died on the cross knows the most distant star by name. He not only knows it, but also guides it. Better still, he so controls that distant star and all things in God’s creation that he makes everything serve the interest of his people (Romans 8:28). The fact that Christ is pre-eminent assures us of four things.

1. The Lord Jesus Christ is an all-sufficient Savior. In Paul’s day, as in ours, there were some who taught that Christ alone is insufficient, inadequate, incapable by his own merits and grace to save his people. To dispel that heresy, Paul says, ‘Christ is pre-eminent.’ He is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think.

2. The Lord Jesus Christ is a sovereign Savior. He who died on Calvary now rules all things, and nothing can ever separate him from the people he loves. No harm shall befall his elect. No evil shall come upon his people. He will not allow even one to perish. To the trembling, fearful, anxious, fretful believer, Paul says, ‘Let not your heart be troubled, Christ is pre-eminent.’

3. The Lord Jesus Christ is a rich and bountiful Savior. He has all things, and he freely gives all things to his people as they need them. Paul says, to every believer, ‘There is no need to worry about hard times or old age, Christ is pre-eminent.’

4. The Lord Jesus Christ is a Savior worthy of our heart’s trust and devotion. You can safely trust Christ in all things and give him the devotion of your heart, because he is pre-eminent. He to whom God the Father has given pre-eminence should have pre-eminence in the hearts of his people.

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