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Thou art the Son beloved,
The image of our God;
Thou art the saints’ dear portion,
Imparted thru Thy blood.
Among all God’s creation
Thou art the firstborn One;
By Thee all was created,
All for Thyself to own.
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Thou art before all creatures,
In Thee all things consist;
Of all Thou art the center,
By Thee all things subsist.
Thou art the sole beginning,
The Firstborn from the dead;
And for the Church, Thy Body,
Thou art the glorious Head.
Thou art before all creatures,
In Thee all things consist;
Of all Thou art the center,
By Thee all things subsist.
Thou art the sole beginning,
The Firstborn from the dead;
And for the Church, Thy Body,
Thou art the glorious Head.
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Because it pleased the Father,
All fulness dwells in Thee,
That Thou might have the first place
In all we ever see.
All things Thou reconciledst
To God by Thy shed blood,
To thus present us holy
And blameless unto God.
Because it pleased the Father,
All fulness dwells in Thee,
That Thou might have the first place
In all we ever see.
All things Thou reconciledst
To God by Thy shed blood,
To thus present us holy
And blameless unto God.
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In Thee God’s fulness dwelleth,
Thou art God’s mystery;
The treasures of all wisdom
And knowledge are in Thee.
Thou art the hope of glory,
In us Thou dost abide;
In Thee we are perfected
And God is satisfied.
In Thee God’s fulness dwelleth,
Thou art God’s mystery;
The treasures of all wisdom
And knowledge are in Thee.
Thou art the hope of glory,
In us Thou dost abide;
In Thee we are perfected
And God is satisfied.
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All things are but a shadow
Which unto us reveal
Thyself, in whom we’re rooted,
The only One that’s real.
Enjoying all Thy riches,
Thy fulness we will be;
We’ll hold Thee, as Thy Body,
And grow with God in Thee.
All things are but a shadow
Which unto us reveal
Thyself, in whom we’re rooted,
The only One that’s real.
Enjoying all Thy riches,
Thy fulness we will be;
We’ll hold Thee, as Thy Body,
And grow with God in Thee.
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With Thee in God we’re hidden,
Thou art in us our life;
Thy peace in us presiding,
We rest from all our strife.
In the new man, Thy Body,
Thou art the all in all;
Our all-inclusive Savior,
Thyself we’ll ever call.
With Thee in God we’re hidden,
Thou art in us our life;
Thy peace in us presiding,
We rest from all our strife.
In the new man, Thy Body,
Thou art the all in all;
Our all-inclusive Savior,
Thyself we’ll ever call.
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8. God the Father’s Beloved Son
For our experience and enjoyment, Christ is also God the Father’s beloved Son. Matthew 3:17 says, “Behold, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is My Son, the Beloved, in whom I have found My delight. ” This was the speaking of the Father as a testimony to the Lord Jesus as the Father’s beloved Son. Matthew 17:5 says, “Behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is My Son, the Beloved, in whom I have found My delight. Hear Him! ” This declaration of the Father to vindicate the Son was first given in 3:17 after Christ’s rising from baptism, which signified His resurrection from the dead. Later, in 17:5, the Father declared the same thing, this time to vindicate the Son in His transfiguration, which prefigures the coming kingdom. In each instance we see that Christ is the beloved Son of the Father, the Son of His love (Col. 1:13 ).
a. The Embodiment and Expression of the Triune God
As God the Father’s beloved Son, Christ is the embodiment and expression of the Triune God. “In Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily” (Col. 2:9). The words the fullness of the Godhead refer to the entire Godhead, to the complete God, including the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. Because the Godhead comprises the Father, the Son, and the Spirit, it would not be correct to say that the fullness of the Godhead includes only God the Son and not also God the Father and God the Spirit. Since the Godhead comprises the Father, the Son, and the Spirit, the fullness of the Godhead must be the fullness of the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. Therefore, as the One in whom the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily, Christ is the embodiment of the Triune God.
The Son is God Himself expressed (Heb. 1:8). God the Father is hidden; God the Son is expressed. No one has ever seen God; the Son, as the Word of God (John 1:1; Rev. 19:13) and the speaking of God (Heb. 1:1-2), has declared Him in a full expression, explanation, and definition (John1:18).
The Conclusion of the New Testament:
Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ:
Message 266 (LSM)
Tustin, CA, United States
O Christ you are the mystery of God. You are God’s fullness. The treasures of all wisdom and knowledge are in you. You are our hope of glory.
Rancho Cordova, California, United States
Thou art the Son beloved,
The image of our God;
Thou art the saints’ dear portion,
Imparted thru Thy blood.
Among all God’s creation
Thou art the firstborn One;
By Thee all was created,
All for Thyself to own.
London - Woodland Retreat Camp, United Kingdom
Lord Jesus Lord Jesus - we call -
God has brought us through the storm and we gives him the best of our Savior lives through Christ.
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
All fulness dwells in Thee!
Amazing song:)!
Woodland Retreat, United Kingdom
Amen Hallelujah
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With Thee in God we’re hidden,
Thou art in us our life;
Thy peace in us presiding,
We rest from all our strife.
In the new man, Thy Body,
Thou art the all in all;
Our all-inclusive Savior,
Thyself we’ll ever call.
Seattle, Washington, United States
Thou (Yeshua) art the hope of glory, in us Thou (Yeshua) dost abide; in Thee (Yeshua) we are perfected and God is satisfied.
Amen!
Pagbilao, Quezon, Philippines
Colossians 1:17-18 says, "And He is before all things, and all things cohere in Him; And He is the Head of the Body, the church; He is the beginning, the Firstborn from the dead, that He Himself might have the first place in all things"
Hallelujah! All things subsist together in Christ who is our holding center! We are held together in Him as likened to a hub to the spokes of a wheel!
Christ is also our sole beginning! He is the Head of the church, His Body. He is the first in creation and the first in resurrection.
Saints, Christ is worthy of preeminence in all things!