Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Making Peace through the Cross

Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Col 1:15-23 

15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: 
16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether [they be] thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: 
17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. 
18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all [things] he might have the preeminence. 
19 For it pleased [the Father] that in him should all fulness dwell; 
20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, [I say], whether [they be] things in earth, or things in heaven. 
21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in [your] mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled 
22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: 
23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and [be] not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, [and] which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) How does the Apostle Paul describe our Lord Jesus in this epistle? (v.15)
2) What was created by Him and for Him? (v.16)
3) What is He before and by Him what consists (is sustained)? (v.17)
4) What is He the head of and over what does He have the preeminence? Why? (v.18)
5) Who is God pleased to dwell in? (v.19)
6) What did the shed blood of Jesus Christ do for creation? (v.20)
7) Who else was reconciled to God by the broken body and blood of Jesus? When? (v.21)
8) What makes us holy, blameless and above reproach in God's sight? (v.22)
9) What must Christians be grounded and settled in? (v.23

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
10) When were you alienated from God and an enemy of Christ? 
11) What did you do formerly do that was against the Lord?
12) How do you respond knowing that Christ died to save you from the penalty for your sins?
13) What keeps you rooted in the hope of the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

PRINCIPLES
14) Jesus died to save those who rejected Him.
15) Jesus is above all that He created.
16) Keep your faith in Jesus, no matter what happens in life.
17) When God looks at us He sees His Son.

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