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NASB | Colossians 1:18 He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Colossians 1:18 He is also the head [the life-source and leader] of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will occupy the first place [He will stand supreme and be preeminent] in everything. [1 Cor 15:20] |
Subject: is jesus god? |
Bible Note: Hello Sheila, I'm not sure what you mean by saying, "IF God the Father has been in all of us since the beginning..?" To me this hints of Pantheism? God has not been "in us since the beginning", but is eternal, having always existed in the unity of His nature. "In the beginning God..." (Gen. 1:1) God is one as Deut. 6:4 tells us, "The LORD is our God, the LORD is one", yet Triune in his nature. There are three persons in scripture all called God; God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit, yet only one God. The Orthodox definition would be: One God who eternally exists in three different persons- the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit- all of whom are fully God,all of whom are equal. Because of God's Triune nature, this is why Christ could exclaim in John 14:9, "Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?" He (Jesus) truly is Emmanuel (God with us), the God/man. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |