Colossians 1:15-20 'Trinity Part 2: Son'. (Ben Clube

Number one.

Jesus is the image of the invisible God.

Do you see that right up top? Chapter 1, verse 15, the sun is the image of the invisible God.

Throughout history, nearly every single civilization has looked out at the world and concluded that there must be some form of God or gods.

It seems that the idea of God is in some sense self-evident to us.

However, many people believe that we have been left to guess at what God is like.

And there are many guesses have been made.

But here's some good news.

Right away, God never intended to leave us with just guesses about him.

Rather, he has clearly revealed himself to his world.

Here's how.

publicly stepping into the pages of history in the person of Jesus.

If you're new to God or spiritual things and you're trying to work out where to begin, you don't really know where to begin, let me encourage you to start here because this is by far the biggest and boldest claim.

that God himself actually stepped into history, that the invisible became visible.

Colossians says, God the Son is the visible image of the invisible God.

Now, when I look in the mirror, I see my image.

Unfortunately, one of my ears is bigger than the other, as someone who used to sit behind me in school once pointed out to me.

I've got bags under my eyes from parenting three clubs.

But I have to concede, that is nevertheless an accurate reflection of my image.

We're told that Jesus is the image of the invisible God.

That means he is an accurate reflection of God.

God to the world.

Many people, they wonder what God is like, don't they? Maybe they go out in nature and they say, oh, he's a bit like the sun or he's like the moon.

People go out, they take hallucinogenic drugs to try and find out.

They listen to bearded gurus speculating on YouTube.

Number one.

Jesus is the image of the invisible God.

Do you see that right up top? Chapter 1, verse 15, the sun is the image of the invisible God.

Throughout history, nearly every single civilization has looked out at the world and concluded that there must be some form of God or gods.

It seems that the idea of God is in some sense self-evident to us.

However, many people believe that we have been left to guess at what God is like.

And there are many guesses have been made.

But here's some good news.

Right away, God never intended to leave us with just guesses about him.

Rather, he has clearly revealed himself to his world.

Here's how.

publicly stepping into the pages of history in the person of Jesus.

If you're new to God or spiritual things and you're trying to work out where to begin, you don't really know where to begin, let me encourage you to start here because this is by far the biggest and boldest claim.

that God himself actually stepped into history, that the invisible became visible.

Colossians says, God the Son is the visible image of the invisible God.

Now, when I look in the mirror, I see my image.

Unfortunately, one of my ears is bigger than the other, as someone who used to sit behind me in school once pointed out to me.

I've got bags under my eyes from parenting three clubs.

But I have to concede, that is nevertheless an accurate reflection of my image.

We're told that Jesus is the image of the invisible God.

That means he is an accurate reflection of God.

God to the world.

Many people, they wonder what God is like, don't they? Maybe they go out in nature and they say, oh, he's a bit like the sun or he's like the moon.

People go out, they take hallucinogenic drugs to try and find out.

They listen to bearded gurus speculating on YouTube.