Days portion for
reading - Col 2:1-10
Christ the Head of
principalities and powers – Colossians 2:10
It
is a wise thing to be clear in your thinking about the Lord Jesus. The men who
had come to Colosse were determined to undervalue the Lord Jesus Christ. They
taught, among other things, that the Lord Jesus was just an angel who had come
down to earth and that he certainly was not God. Some taught that the Lord
Jesus had become ‘Messiah’ or God at his baptism and that he was only endued
with divine power for the three-year period of his public ministry. Paul writes, guided by the Holy Spirit, and
makes it very clear that the Lord Jesus is the living God, full stop. No
question, no argument. We have seen the evidence provided in chapter one to
support this. In chapter two we are confronted with the fact that presently the
‘fullness of the Godhead’ dwells in the Lord Jesus. In other words, this is
still the case long after he returned to heaven. When we add the evidence of
chapter one to this truth stated in chapter two it is clearly seen that the
Lord Jesus is eternally God.
