WHO IS JESUS? (PART 6)

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The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.

He is the beginning, supreme over all who rise from the dead. So He is first in everything.

Colossians 1:18b NLT

This ends this reading from God's holy word. Thanks be to God.

Jesus is supreme over all creation.

This is the overarching answer to the question of who He is and the scriptures have reinforced this as we have seen through the first five messages of this series. Today, we add yet another statement to assert Jesus’ preeminence over all creation. Look again at the second half of verse 18 from Colossians, chapter 1:

He is the beginning, supreme over all who rise from the dead. So He is first in everything. Colossians 1:18b NLT

We know the Bible contains resurrection events outside of Jesus coming back to life.

In 1 Kings, we read where Elijah brings the son of a widow out of death (17:17-24). In 2 Kings, Elisha, who was anointed a prophet by Elijah and then carried on his work, resurrected a Shummamite woman’s son (4:18-37).

Peter used the power of the Lord to raise up Tabitha, also known as Dorcas, in Joppa (Acts 9:36-43).

While Paul was preaching in Troas, a young man named Eutycus fell asleep while listening to the Apostle and fell out a window to his death. The scriptures tell us that Paul threw his body on the young man who then became alive again before reentering the home and sharing a meal with everyone (Acts 20:7-12).  

And Jesus Himself brought Jairus’ daughter (Luke 8:40-56), the son of a widow (Luke 7:11-17), and His good friend Lazarus (John 11) from death to life. In the latter account, Jesus proclaims Himself as the Resurrection and the Life (11:25). This statement is critical and connectional to our verse for today and the truth that Jesus is “supreme over all who rise from the dead”.

What does this mean, “supreme over all who rise from the dead”?

Simply put, Jesus was the only person who was resurrected and remained alive. Every other resurrection ended in death as every other person was of mortal flesh. Jesus was, is, and will always be, the Resurrection and the Life, the only One who can bring the dead who are in Him out of death and usher them into eternal life. He alone is the Savior of the world, the Lamb of God who took away the sin of all mankind (John 1:29).

Thanks be to God for the gift of His Son and His absolute authority over all creation.

Amen.

In Christ,

Mark

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