Colossians 1:15-23

Colossians 1:15-23
¹⁵ The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. ¹⁶ For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.
  
Jesus is equal to God.  It was he who spoke all of creation into existence.  Even rulers were created by God.  Which is why, even though I have no love for the current administration, I am careful speaking out in public.

¹⁷ He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 

If Jesus stopped being God, everything in all creation would just fall apart.

¹⁸ 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.

How well would my body function if I did not have a head?  I'm not positive, but I believe "firstborn from among the dead" is referring to his resurrection.  Though Jesus had raise others from the dead, he was the first to do it of his own will.

¹⁹ For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, ²⁰ and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

Everything that God is resides in Jesus. That is why Jesus was able to die for our sins and bring us back into fellowship with God.

²¹ Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. ²² 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— ²³ if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

I have not heard any reports from any of battlefields where our enemy showed us the way to victory and reconciliation to them.  Enemies wish to conquer each other.  Even though we were Christ's enemies, he died for us so that we can be holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation. Think on that gift.  Satan can whisper in you ear all day the things you've done wrong, yet in God's eyes you are free.

Continue in you faith.  Don't walk away.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers and sisters. Amen. -Gal. 6:18