We experience the real life God intends for us to have when Jesus is the center of every facet of our lives.
Life Begins in the Center
Colossians 1:13-23
Jesus is PRE-EMINENT in our:
- View of God
“Image” = revelation, likeness, authority
- Reason for Being
“Firstborn” = prototype, primary one, first in order of preference
by….through….for….before….hold together
- Order of the Church
As head, Jesus is the . . . of the Church
source
leader
ruler
- Gift of Redemption
That IN all things He might have PREEMINENCE