The Son is…
Colossians 1:13-20
I. Odd Preliminary Matter: Did _________________________ Colossians?
A. No: Because there are significant vocabulary, style and ideas in Colossians that are ____________________________ Paul’s other letters.
B. Yes: Because the vocabulary, style and idea differences in Colossians are there because the Colossian problem is ______________________.
II. What is 1:15-20?
A. It is a declaration and celebration of the cosmic [Infinitely or inconceivably vast] _____________________________________ _______________.
B. It possibly is a version of an early __________________ ________.
III. What is in 1:10-15?
A. The Son is the image [__________________________] of the invisible God
B. He is the firstborn [___________________, ______________] over all creation
for in him
all things were created
in heaven and earth, visible and invisible,
whether [______________________] thrones, powers, rulers, authorities
all things have been created through him and for him
He is before all things
and in Him all things hold together
C. He is the head of the body, the Church [The _________________]
the beginning and firstborn from the dead
so that in everything he might have supremacy
God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him and through him reconcile [___________________] to himself ________ things, on earth and in heaven
by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
IV. Why is 1:15-20 in this letter?
A. The Colossians came out of a culture that _____________________________ spiritual powers so they needed to know that Christ is ___________________
___________________ all other spiritual powers.
B. The supremacy of Christ qualifies Him to “__________________ _____ from the dominion of ____________________________.I:13
COMPLETED OUTLINE
I. Odd Preliminary Matter: Did _PAUL WRITE__ Colossians?
A. No: Because there are significant vocabulary, style and ideas in Colossians that are _NOT FOUND__ Paul’s other letters.
B. Yes: Because the vocabulary, style and idea differences in Colossians are there because the Colossian problem is __DIFFERENT__.
II. What is 1:15-20?
A. It is a declaration and celebration of the cosmic [Infinitely or inconceivably vast] __SUPREMACY OF CHRIST___.
B. It possibly is a version of an early __CHRISTIAN HYMN____.
III. What is in 1:10-15?
A. The Son is
the image [_LIKENESS__] of the invisible God
B. He is the firstborn [_SUPREME__ or __LORD_] over all creation
for in him
all things were created
in heaven and earth, visible and invisible,
whether [___ SPIRITUAL___] thrones, powers, rulers, authorities
all things have been created through him and for him
He is before all things
and in Him all things hold together
C. He is the head of the body, the Church [The __NEW CREATION___]
the beginning and firstborn from the dead
so that in everything he might have supremacy
God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him and through him reconcile [_RESTORE__] to himself __ALL_ things, on earth and in heaven
by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
IV. Why is 1:15-20 in this letter?
A. The Colossians came out of a culture that __FEARED AND WORSHIPED___
spiritual powers so they needed to know that Christ is __INCOMPARABLY_
__GREATER__ all other spiritual powers.
B. The supremacy of Christ qualifies Him to “_RESCUE US__ from the dominion of _DARKNESS__.I:13
