IN HIM ALL THINGS WERE CREATED

THE SON IS THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD , THE FIRSTBORN OVER ALL CREATION. FOR IN HIM ALL THINGS IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH , VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE , WHETHER THRONES OR POWERS OR RULERS OR AUTHORITIES; ALL THINGS , AND IN HIM ALL THINGS HOLD TOGETHER. AND HE IS THE HEAD OF THE BODY , THE CHURCH; HE IS THE BEGINNING AND THE FIRSTBORN FROM AMONG THE DEAD, SO THAT IN EVERYTHING HE MIGHT HAVE THE SUPREMACY. FOR GOD WAS PLEASED TO HAVE ALL HIS FULLNESS DWELL IN HIM , AND THROUGH HIM TO RECONCILE TO HIMSELF ALL THINGS, WHETHER ON EARTH OR THINGS IN HEAVEN, BY MAKING PEACE THROUGH HIS SHED BLOOD ON THE CROSS. ONCE YOU WERE ALIENATED FROM GOD AND WERE ENEMIES IN YOUR MINDS BECAUSE OF YOUR EVIL BEHAVIOR. BUT NOW HE HAS RECONCILED YOU BY CHRIST'S PHYSICAL BODY THROUGH DEATH TO PRESENT YOU HOLY IN HIS SIGHT , WITHOUT BLEMISH AND FREE FROM ACCUSATION -IF YOU CONTINUE IN FAITH , ESTABLISHED AND FIRM , AND DO NOT MOVE FROM THE HOPE HELD OUT IN THE GOSPEL. GOD IS ABLE! YOU CAN DO ALL THINGS BUT FAIL.

THE LORD IS LOOKING FOR A CHURCH WITHOUT SPOT OR BLEMISH. WE PARTAKE IN THE FULLNESS OF HIS, LOVE, SPIRIT, GRACE AND MERCY. WE RECEIVED HIS PEACE THROUGH HIS REDEMPTION ON THE CROSS. ISN'T IT GOOD TO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU BELIEVE AND WALK FAITHFULLY WITH HIM; YOU ARE SET FREE AND FORGIVEN. WHOM THE SON SETS FREE IS FREE INDEED.

RECONCILE=DOWN TO A CERTAIN POINT=kat-al-las'-so) properly, decisively change, as when two parties reconcile when coming ("changing") to the same position.

PAUL'S WORDS TO THE GENTILES

COLLOSIANS POWER IN SPIRITUAL WISDOM COLLOSS CHAPTER 1

THEREFORE WE ALSO, SIN THE DAY WE HEARD OF IT, DO NOT CEASE PRAYING AND ASKING ON YOUR BEHALF THAT YOU MAY BE FILLED WITH THE FULL KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL IN ALL SPIRITUAL WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING. TO WALK WORTHILY OF LORD TO PLEASE HIM IN ALL THINGS , BEARING FRUIT IN EVERY GOOD WORK AND GROWING BY THE FULL KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. BEING EMPOWERED WITH ALL POWER , ACCORDING TO THE MIGHT OF HIS GLORY, UNTO ALL ENDURANCE AND LONG-SUFFERING WITH JOY. GIVING THANKS TO THE FATHER, WHO HAS QUALIFIED YOU FOR A SHARE OF THE ALLOTTED PORTION OF THE SAINTS IN THE LIGHT. WHO DELIVERED US OUT OF THE AUTHORITY OF DARKNESS.

PAUL PREACHED WISDOM TO THE CHURCH IN ROME. WE OBTAIN SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD. WE MUST BE EMPOWERED THROUGH THE AUTHORITY OF CHRIST JESUS WHO GAVE UP HIS LIFE FOR US, WE ARE SEALED THROUGH HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD . HE IS OUR REDEEMER. WE PARTAKE IN HIS SPIRIT, FLESH IS CRUXCIFIED ;WE LIVE IN HIM AND HE IS RIGHTEOUS. WE CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS US. TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY IS TO BE PRESENT WITH THE LORD. PRESENT=BEING AT HAND, WITHIN REACH OR CALL, WITHIN CERTAIN CONTEMPLATED LIMITS-OPPOSED TO ABSENT.