OUR FATHER WHO WAS PLEASED TO HAVE  ALL THINGS IN EXISTENCE DWELL IN HIS SON

We continue with Paulˋs letter to the Colossians in verses 19 - 29 where Paul expounds on the subject of the preeminence of the Lord Jesus Christ over all things in creation.

19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, 20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.

21 And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled 22 in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight— 23 if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.

The Father deliberately designed all things to fall under the perview of His Son and a primary part  of that design was that reconciliation was only possible through the blood He shed on the cross. Any who are brought into the family of God can only be redeemed by the one saviour Jesus Christ to be presented to the Father holy an beyond reproach.

24 I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church, 25 of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God, 26 the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. 27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 28 Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. 29 To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily.

The Apostle Paul proclaimed that he rejoiced in the suffering in his body that were laid upon in His labour for the body of Christ as was given to him as a calling.

Paul describes this spiritual work as a mystery hidden from the ages and generations but has been now been revealed to the saints for through them, God willed to show the riches of of the glory of Christ to the gentiles and this glorius mystery is that Christ is given to be in all those who believed and are those eligible for the hope of glory where ultimately, every man may be presented perfect in Christ Jesus and it is towards this end that Paul incessantly worked as God worked through him mightily.

Amen.

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