The Glue That Holds the World Together!

 Colossians 1:15-20

Do you have trouble telling someone about the most exciting person you have ever met?  In my business life I was blessed to meet some influential people, and in my church life I’ve met some of the most amazing folks, but none hold a light to Jesus.  Yesterday, I shared about coming out of the light into darkness and how after a short period the darkness got lighter and how that compares to a follower of Christ trying to make it on their own in this world.

But what we did not talk about is our personal journey, my living in the domain of darkness for 27 years of life.  How one learns to get their needs met outside of Christ and how those learned patterns did not stop when entering into Christ by grace and faith that the Father has given us.  The Scripture is very clear we will have a battle and it's ongoing between the flesh and the Spirit.  Now let me be very clear, the old man got crucified, he is dead, and you have the Holy Spirit living in you, but those learned patterns or habits of getting your needs met outside of Christ always stick up their ugly heads.

So you and I must come to an understanding of who Jesus is.  He is more than a carpenter, He is greater than Moses, He is mightier than King David, and He is wiser than Solomon, so why are you not telling others about Him?   Could it be your tuned into the wrong Channel?  I like to think of the enemy of my soul as Channel One, and that voice sounds much like mine, and it tells me things like I deserve, or that I’m a loser.  Now Channel Two is a quiet voice, it is the Holy Spirit living in me, and he never attacks my character, but he does confront me with truth, he does give me insight into the ways of God and His Son.

So let’s once more examine who it is that has transferred us to the kingdom of the beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.  You will find it in Colossians 1:15-20, “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him, all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.”

Jesus Christ is The Glue That Holds the World Together!

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice