Let's see what stuck!

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TEEN CLASS
Part 6

Colossians 1:12-17

​Crown Him Lord of All!(Part 3)

​Exact representation, likeness

"...he that hath seen me hath seen the Father..." (John 14:9)

Nature shows some things, but Jesus showed us in person.

​​Image

​The one in charge.

"Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth" (Psalm 89:27)

Not the first creation, but higher than every creature.

Firstborn

​My purpose

My identity

My path forward

​FOR HIM or FOR ME

"Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and ENJOY IT, which Moses the LORD'S servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising." (Joshua 1:15)

Jewish legalists didn't agree with enjoying things.

​​Can you not enjoy anything?

"Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment." (Ecclesiastes 11:9)

Gnostics were pro-enjoyment, but took it too far.

Don't make enjoyment your PURPOSE. Your purpose is FOR HIM, and enjoyment comes from Him.

Can you enjoy too much?

​​A Ditch on Both Sides