JESUS
IS PERFECTLY SUFFICIENT
Colossians 1:15-23
Introduction: From the very beginning of Christianity
people have tried to add to the work of salvation provided by Jesus,
- (Acts 15:1)
"And certain men which
came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be
circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved."
- All that is needed
for eternal salvation is Jesus! Nothing more, nothing less! After
declaring the marvelous results of salvation, he then affirms how this
vital, miraculous, eternal truth is brought to bear in our lives by
showing us why Jesus is all sufficient for salvation. The salvation
provided by Jesus is perfectly sufficient because Jesus is perfectly
sufficient. What makes Jesus perfectly sufficient?
I.
HIS SUPERIORITY
(VV.15-18)
A.
The Person He
Reveals (v.15a)
B.
The Position He
Holds (v.15b)
C.
The Power He
Possesses (owns) (v.16)
1.
His Creating Power (Jn.1:3)
The
spectrum of its vastness:
The
earth is 7,927 miles in diameter at the equator - Our sun which is the
nearest star is 865,400 miles in diameter.
If
the sun had a hole in it, you could put 1,200,000 earths in it and have
room for 4,300,000 of our moons.
The
star An tares could hold 64 million suns the size of ours and there is a
star in the constellation Hercules that could contain one hundred million
stars the size of An tares.
The
earth circles the sun at an average distance of 93 million miles and at a
speed of 67,000 miles per hour. The earth’s surface area encompasses
196,949,970 sq. miles of which 1/3 is water.
The
star Beetle Juice is 880 quad-drillion miles away from earth.
The
spectrum of its smallness:
An
atom is the smallest unit of an element that retains all of the elements
properties.
A
carbon atom measures about 0.14 na-no-meter across & 1n.m. is one
billionth of a meter, or one millionth of a millimeter.
If
the molecules of a single drop of water could be converted into grains of
sand, there would be enough sand to build a road 1/2 mile wide and 1 foot
thick all the way from N.Y. to
2.
His Cohering Power (v.17)
The
Milky Way has 200 billion stars banded together by what science calls
gravity, and our galaxy is only one of billions in the universe.
D.
The Preeminence He
Deserves (v.18)
II. HIS SIGNIFICANCE (V.19)
A.
Bringing Contentment
Pleased
- stresses the willingness and freedom of an intention or resolve of what
is good - to take pleasure in.
B.
Bringing Competition
Fullness
= completeness - In reference to Jesus - grace, truth - (John 1:16-18)
"And of his fulness have all we
received, and grace for grace. {17} For the law was given by Moses, but
grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. {18} No man hath seen God at any
time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath
declared him." - (Eph 4:13) "Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the
Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the
fulness of Christ:"
III.
HIS SACRIFICE
(VV.20-23)
A.
The Blood Of His
Cross (vv.20-21)
Justified
- (Rom
Redeemed
- (Eph 1:7) "In whom we have redemption through his blood, the
forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;" - (Heb
Reconciled
- (Eph
Forgiven
- 1 Jn.1:7
Cleansed
- 1 Jn.1:9
B.
The Body of His
Flesh (vv.22-23)
Conclusion: Jesus is perfectly sufficient in
all because of His Superiority, His Significance, and His Sacrifice. All
this so that we might be reconciled to God and be presented perfect before
Him - that we might worship and praise Him and live forever with Him. All
to the glory of Jesus Christ our Lord!
