Colossians 1:15-17

The Apostle Paul wrote of Jesus Christ in a letter to believers at the 1st century church in Colosse:

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

This is one of the boldest declarations of Jesus Christ’s co-creator role with God from the beginning. This is among the boldest statements of the sovereignty of Jesus Christ along with God our Father. This really surprised my husband and me when we studied the Bible deeply in our 40’s. These points had not been emphasized, or at least had not filtered through to me in my Methodist upbringing nor to my husband in his Catholic childhood plus twelve years of parochial school.