Thursday night we continued our study through the book of Colossians. The Hymn of Christ, Colossians 1:15-20, was our particular passage of study and many commentators believe this was written by Paul to combat an early form of Gnosticism. This heresy denied the deity of Christ, but Paul uses this hymn to declare otherwise.
This led us to discuss how heresies today have risen because of a misunderstanding of the true nature of Christ. Much of the misunderstanding occurs when humans think that words, which describe finite beings, also place the same limitations on an infinite being like God. For instance, when Paul says that Christ is the “firstborn of all creation” in Colossians 1:15 does he means that Christ cannot be God because he had a beginning? From the context of this passage we must understand that Paul’s meaning of firstborn is prominence and not physical birth. We also discussed the fact that Jesus being God also makes Him Lord, Creator and Sustainer. If this is true, it should give us hope for everyday living. When things do not go as planned do we remember that Jesus is creator and sustainer?
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