What do the following have in common? The DaVinci Code, National Treasure, The Truman Show, The Matrix, Pleasantville, Harry Potter, and dozens more. The Apostles John and Paul spoke of the cult of the Gnostics to warn us. Today Hollywood is driving Gnosticism into the minds of people. Do not be deceived Hollywood is battling for our minds. They wish to deceive us ...
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In this video, we will finish our study of Colossians 1:18. What does it mean that Jesus was the firstborn from the dead?
Elijah raised the son of the Zarephath widow in 1 Kings 17:17-22. Elisha raised two from the dead. The first in 2 Kings 4:32-35 and the second in 2 Kings 13:20-21. Jesus raised three people from the dead before he was raised ...
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The church is the body of Christ. Jesus is its head. He also is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead. The reference to the “firstborn from the dead” points clearly to His resurrection. He indeed has “become the firstfruits of them that slept”.
1 Corinthians 15:20 (KJB) “ But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.”
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Jesus Christ’s eternality is clearly in view. The thought simply is that before anything was, He was. He is the eternal predecessor of all. He always has been. Also by him all things consist. Implied is how the universe in its entirety holds its stability, order, and even integrity in Christ. Whether it is the planetary or the atom, Jesus Christ is the glue which holds the universe together.
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Not only have we received an inheritance in His light, Jesus, in so doing, has delivered us from the very power of darkness. That, of course, is the power of Satan and sin. God has translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son. Though the kingdom of God is yet to come, we have been made citizens through His dear Son.
Continue Reading →Colossians 1:12-14 (KJB) Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
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