Series from Paul's Letter to the Church at Colossae

1. Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ
Grace Bible Baptist Church
Adult Sunday School Class
Room 204
Teacher: Pastor Chuck Brooks
Week Ten

2. Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ
Week Ten
Colossians 1:15-19

3. Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ
Week Ten
Col 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven,
and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be
thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were
created by him, and for him:
Col 1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

4. Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ
Week Ten

5. Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ
Week Ten

6. Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ
Week Ten
Col 1:18 And He is the head of the body, the church: who is the
beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things He might
have the preeminence.
Col 1:19 For it pleased the Father that in Him should all fulness
dwell…

7. Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ
Week Ten
Col 1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by
him to reconcile (apokatallasso) all things unto himself; by him, I say,
whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
Col 1:21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your
mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled (apokatallasso)
Col 1:22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy
and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

8. Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ
Week Ten
1. In justification, the sinner stands before God guilty and condemned, but is
declared righteous.
2. In redemption, the sinner stands before God as a slave, but is granted freedom.
3. In imputation, a man’s sinful record is transferred to Jesus Christ, and
Christ’s perfect righteousness is transferred to him!
4. In forgiveness, the sinner stands before God as a debtor, but the debt is paid in
full and forgotten.
5. In adoption, the sinner stands before God as a stranger, but is made a son.
6. In reconciliation, the sinner stands before God as an enemy, but becomes his
friend.

9. Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ
Week Ten
Col 1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by
him to reconcile (apokatallasso) all things unto himself; by him, I say,
whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
Col 1:21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your
mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled (apokatallasso)
Col 1:22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy
and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

10. Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ
Week Ten
Innocent blood had to be shed to satisfy
God’s just demand for judgment on sin.
Rom 3:24 being justified freely by His
grace through the redemption that is in
Christ Jesus,
Rom 3:25 whom God set forth as a
propitiation by His blood, through faith, to
demonstrate His righteousness…
In verse 25, Paul uses an interesting term:
propitiation.The Greek word here
rendered “propitiation” is the same one
translated “mercy-seat” in Hebrews
9:5,“and above it were the cherubim of
glory overshadowing the mercy seat…”

11. Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ
Week Ten
The Golden Pot of Manna – Exo 16:33-34
“And Moses said to Aaron, "Take a pot and put an
omer of manna in it, and lay it up before the
LORD, to be kept for your generations. As the
LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up
before the Testimony, to be kept.”
•Aaron’s Rod that Budded - Num 17:10
And the LORD said to Moses, "Bring Aaron's rod
back before the Testimony, to be kept as a sign
against the rebels, that you may put their
complaints away from Me, lest they die."
The Tablets of the Covenant - Deu 10:2
'And I will write on the tablets the words that
were on the first tablets, which you broke; and
you shall put them in the ark.'

12. Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ
Week Ten
Col 1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by
him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be
things in earth, or things in heaven.

13. Colossians
The Supremacy and Sufficiency
of Jesus Christ
Week Ten
Because of Jesus’ death and resurrection, the
curse on this planet will eventually be removed
when Christ returns to set up His kingdom
(Isaiah 11:6-9; 24:23; 30:26; 60:19-20).
Romans 8:21 Because the
creation itself also shall be
delivered from the bondage of
corruption into the glorious
liberty of the children of God.
Colossians 1:20 And, having
made peace through the blood of
His cross, by Him to reconcile all
things unto Himself; by Him, I
say, whether they be things in
earth, or things in heaven.