CHRIST - GOD'S VISIBLE IMAGE
to KNOW HIM MORE and to MAKE HIM KNOWN
On His robe at His thigh was written this title:
King of all kings and Lord of all lords.
Revelation 19:16
We can learn a lot about Jesus and His will for us, through Daily Personal Bible Study, Christian Study Groups, Seminars, Conferences, Summits, Retreats, Revivals, Rallies, Convocations, Championships, Crusades, Christian Camping, Christian Cultural Programs, Picnics and many such purposeful meetings. Let's not miss out on these special gatherings, in the name of Christ. I am here to encourage each one of you to support, all those who work hard to make these special events possible, so that many may know JESUS in a more intimate way. GOD bless each Christian who works for HIM. To find out how to get involved, contact any of the Christian leaders; they are eager to help our Christian community. Let's get involved in one or more of the purpose-driven events. May GOD give us the grace to be part of such ongoing special events. Starting early in life is best. Let's start with personal Study online or offline. Bible study is Profitable. Here's what Bible says about Jesus - the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
Christ, the Eternal Word
1 In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 He existed in the beginning with God.
3 God created everything through Him, and nothing was created except through Him.
4 The Word gave life to everything that was created, and His life brought light to everyone.
5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.
6 God sent a man, John the Baptist,
7 to tell about the Light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony.
8 John himself was not the light; he was simply a witness to tell about the Light.
9 The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
10 He came into the very world He created, but the world didn’t recognize Him.
11 He came to his own people, and even they rejected Him.
12 But to all who believed Him and accepted Him, He gave the right to become children of God.
13 They are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God.
14 So the Word became human and made His home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.
15 John testified about Him when he shouted to the crowds, “This is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘Someone is coming after me who is far greater than I am, for He existed long before me.’”
16 From His abundance we have all received one gracious blessing after another.
17 For the law was given through Moses, but God’s unfailing love and faithfulness came through Jesus Christ.
18 No one has ever seen God. But the one and only Son is himself God and is near to the Father’s heart. He has revealed God to us.
John 1:1-18 (NLT)
Jesus Christ Is God’s Son
1 Long ago God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets.
2 And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he created the universe.
3 The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God, and He sustains everything by the mighty power of his command. When He had cleansed us from our sins, He sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven.
4 This shows that the Son is far greater than the angels, just as the name God gave him is greater than their names.
Heb 1:1-4 (NLT)
Christ Is The High Priest
1 Here is the main point: We have a High Priest who sat down in the place of honor beside the throne of the majestic God in heaven.
2 There He ministers in the heavenly Tabernacle, the true place of worship that was built by the Lord and not by human hands.
3 And since every high priest is required to offer gifts and sacrifices, our High Priest must make an offering, too.
4 If he were here on earth, he would not even be a priest, since there already are priests who offer the gifts required by the law.
5 They serve in a system of worship that is only a copy, a shadow of the real one in heaven. For when Moses was getting ready to build the Tabernacle, God gave him this warning: “Be sure that you make everything according to the pattern I have shown you here on the mountain.”
6 But now Jesus, our High Priest, has been given a ministry that is far superior to the old priesthood, for He is the one who mediates for us a far better covenant with God, based on better promises.
Heb 8:1-6 (NLT)
Christ Is Supreme
15 Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation,
16 for through Him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see— such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through Him and for Him.
17 He existed before anything else, and He holds all creation together.
18 Christ is also the head of the church, which is His body. He is the beginning, supreme over all who rise from the dead. So He is first in everything.
19 For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ,
20 and through Him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.
Col 1:15-20 (NLT)
Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
Heb 12:1-2 (ESV)
And He shall set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.
Matt. 25:33
