FROM TODAY'S READING...
"Christ is our Creator in a twofold sense—we are His as part of the original creation and of the new creation. In either case, we are the objects of His love and care. It is only reasonable that we should entrust ourselves to the One who made our souls and who saved them."
Wm MacDonald (1917-2007)
President of Emmaus Bible College, teacher, and author
Colossians 1:15-17 (NLT) Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see— such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together.
Ephesians 2:10 (NLT) For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15, 17, 21 (NLT) ...Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life. He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them. ..This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!...For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.
Colossians 3:10 (NLT) Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.
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