Be Still And Know

Colossians 1:15 'Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation.' Most people have kind things to say about Jesus. They like the fact that he welcomed every kind of person; they admire the fact that he was willing to stand up to the religious rulers of his time; they enjoy the fact that he told compelling, down-to-earth stories and went out of his way to get alongside people; and they value the fact that he was so full of love. But the apostle Paul goes far beyond these kind comments. For Paul, Jesus showed the world exactly what God was like because he existed from before the beginning of creation. Just as we can look at a coin and see exactly what the sovereign looks like, by looking at Jesus we can see precisely what God is like. We don’t know exactly what Paul’s opponents were teaching but it seems to have been a combination of Jewish and Greek thought. Paul’s answer was to give them the most magnificent and clear description of