Characteristics of the Beloved Son, Part 1 (TMF:2541)
Monday, February 03, 2025
Peace to Live By: Characteristics of the Beloved Son, Part 1 (TMF:2541) - Daniel Litton
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Starting in verse 15. Paul says of the “beloved Son:” “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation” (ESV). First and foremost, we note that God is “invisible.” In contrast, Christ gives us a physical image of the invisible God, for he himself is God, and in fact equal with God. He is not created himself, but as the Apostle John has told us, “He was in the beginning with God” (John 1:2, ESV). And if we stay there in John 1, in the next verse we read, “All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made” (John 1:3, ESV). Now what about him being “the firstborn of all creation”? It seems reasonable to presume that what the Apostle has in mind is that Christ is the firstborn in the he is the first to resurrect within the new way—the way of salvation through trusting in him versus the salvation that would come through counting on his work in the future (i.e. The Old Testament way).