The Supremacy of the Son of God

Colossians 1:15-23New International Version (NIV)

15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the first born over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: t hings in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. 19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. 21 Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. 22 But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation— 23 if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

¨Hebrews 1:1-6New International Version (NIV)

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¨God’s Final Word: His Son

¨1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son , whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. 4 So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.

¨The Son Superior to Angels

¨5 For to which of the angels did God ever say,

¨“You are my Son; today I have become your Father”?

¨Or again,

¨“I will be his Father, and he will be my Son”?

¨6 And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says,

¨“Let all God’s angels worship him.”