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SAA Notes
There is a great awe of Christ behind verses 15-20. The fruit of salvation for our loved ones flows from His gospel. There are excellent guidelines for prayer here and the great statement of who Christ is.
SJA Notes
* Almighty God, please teach us today from Your word.
“He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”
Here we see loud and clear – Jesus is our King!
God the Father has saved us from darkness into light, and so we move from one kingdom to the other.
We have a king like no other.
He is unlike any other king or leader or power that ever existed.
He is the image of the invisible God. The firstborn of all creation.
More – By Him all things were created.
More! These things that were created through Him, they are FOR Him.
He is before all things, and He holds all things together.
This is our King Jesus.
It is not foolish to say that He is the center and crux and pivot of time and history and creation itself.
He is the energy by which this world and all that is was made.
He is the power by which creation continues, even broken as it is.
And this King of Kings, God the Son, He came to earth and humbled Himself – Making peace by the blood of His cross.
What a King this is! The Lamb slain from before the foundation of the world.
* Father God,
Thank You for Jesus, You in the Person of the Son, through whom we have redemption.
Please help us see Jesus a little better today. Please help us grow a little more toward You today.
Amen.