The Colossians were apparently being influenced by a form of Judaism which emphasised the role of angels as mediators between God and man. It seems that they were trying to accommodate Jesus into this belief system and were tending towards seeing Jesus as just another angelic mediator. But Jesus is not just another anything. He isn’t just another teacher, he isn’t just another prophet and he isn’t just another heavenly messenger. Jesus is the embodiment of the one true God. If he is less than this, then he could not take away our sin because it is God’s prerogative to pay for sin. A man, or even an angel, standing in to take our punishment would not be just. Only Jesus could bear our sin because he is also the very God whose justice has been transgressed. Jesus is God saving us from our sin and therefore he represents God’s double claim on us and the world. The world always belonged to God because he created it. But now it is doubly his because, having been robbed of what was his, he then redeemed it back at his own expense. Jesus is God redeeming us. To belong to Jesus is to belong doubly to God. To belong to him is to belong to the one who has double authority over all things. All powers in heaven and earth are subject to him. Nothing can thwart his purpose being worked out in you. As he created in the past, so he is recreating now, in you and through you. Every day he leads you and uses all circumstances to shape you. He is in charge.
Acknowledge Jesus as Lord of your life and ask im to continue to lead and shape you.
Read Colossians 1:15-23
