More Than A Man

Jesus Christ was a man, born of a woman, who walked around on this earth just like you and I. But the Bible declares that he is much more than just a man. I was skimming through the book of Colossians this morning looking for statements that declare him to be much more than a man, born in Bethlehem.

Jesus is..
1:15 The image of the invisible God
1:15 The first born over all creation
1:16 The creator of all things
1:17 The one who stands before all things and holds everything together
1:18 The head of the body, the Church
1:18 The beginning
1:18 The first born from the dead
1:18 The preeminent one
1:19 The fullness of God dwells in him
1:19 The one who reconciles all things to himself
1:20 The one who makes peace with all things through the cross
2:2 The mystery of God
2:3 The one whom is hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge
2:6 The Lord
2:10 The head of all rule and authority
2:15 The disarmer, and triumpher over all rulers and authorities
3:1 The one seated at the right hand of God
3:4 The one who is coming back in glory
3:11 The all, and in all
3:17 The name by which everything should be done,
3:17 The name through which all thanks flows through

Oh and one last thing; (3:18ff) Jesus is the one who is served as I go to work this morning. He is the one who is served by me when I come home from work tonight and love on my family. As I serve my family, and my employer; I am serving the Lord Christ. The Lord Christ is also the rewarder of those who serve him.

I read a quote from another blog yesterday, which was something John Piper stated when asked how to stay alive to Gods beauty (he said other things, but I only wrote down this one).

"I shall not demean my own uniqueness by envy of others. I shall stop boring into myself to discover what psychological or social categories I might belong to. Mostly I shall simply forget about myself and do my work."