Colossians: Enough Big Idea Jesus is supreme over everything—and because He holds everything together, we can trust Him with everything. Colossians 1:15–21 1. JESUS US GOD 15 Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. John 14:9 “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.” 2. JESUS EVERYTHING TOGETHER 16 for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see— such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. 17 He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together. 3. JESUS LEADS HIS 18 Christ is also the head of the church, which is his body. He is the beginning, supreme over all who rise from the dead. So he is first in everything. 4. JESUS BRINGS US TO GOD 19 For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, 20 and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross. 21 This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ." WHAT NOW? 1. Turn to Him alone. 2. Let Him hold all of it. 3. Put Him first.