"Who is Jesus Christ?"

“Who is Jesus Christ?”

 

He is the image of the invisible God, the first born of all creation.  For by Him all things were created both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities---all things have been created through Him and for Him.  He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.  He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.        Colossians 1:15-18

 

Just who is this JESUS?  Well, I’m going to give you a brief glance at some of the attributes that describe WHO HE IS.  Most of us KNOW that He is the Son of God, but He is MORE than just a Son.  (1) He is the IMAGE of the INVISIBLE GOD, “image” here means the REPRESENTATION and MANFESTATION of the Living God.  “He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power.” (Heb. 1:3)  

 

(2) He is the FIRSTBORN over CREATION.  This does NOT mean that Jesus, the Creator, created Himself, for one cannot create himself.  “All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.”  (John 1:3)  Jesus Christ PRECEDED Creation and is SOVEREIGN over ALL Creation.  Just as the FIRSTBORN of a family has PRIORITY of being born first and therefore has the SUPERIORITY that goes along with it.   “Firstborn” implies SOVEREIGNITY.  The term “FIRSTBORN” here implies the PRIORITY of Jesus Christ over Creation in time, and His SOVEREIGNITY over Creation by His rank.

 

(3) He is the CREATOR of the UNIVERSE.  ALL thing were created both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, this includes the ENTIRE UNIVERSE, both material and immaterial.  “But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed Heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.  (Heb. 1:2)

 

(4) He is the HEAD of the CHURCH.   The CHURCH is the INVISIBLE or UNIVERSAL CHURCH, which is made up of ALL TRUE BELIEVERS.  There is neither Jew nor Gentile, no racial identification, ONLY the special body of TRUE BELIEVERS, a NEW CREATION of God, and of whom Jesus Christ is the SOVEREIGN, the HEAD of the special body.

 

(5) He is the FIRSTBORN FROM the DEAD.  Jesus Christ, TRIUMPHED over DEATH, with His RESURRECTION from the DEAD.  He was the FIRST to be RESURRECTED from the dead, NEVER to DIE again.  Because of His OBEDIENCE to the point of DEATH on a cross, and being RESURRECTED from the DEAD, “God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.”  (Phil. 2:9-10)

 

This is a brief picture of who Jesus is.  Do you KNOW Him as your LORD and SAVIOR?  Have you given your HEART and LIFE to Him?  If NOT, you are HEADED for an ETERNITY in Hell, the place of UNENDING torment, torture, pain, heartache, agony and despair, with NO WAY of ESCAPE.  You MUST TURN AWAY from your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN to God with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, CONFESSING your sins to Him, and asking Him for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU, and is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION, and become a part of His BODY, the “SPECIAL” creation of God.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!