Christ: Creator, Sustainer, and Reconciler of All Things

Who is this Jesus Christ? Not just what did he teach about, which is an important and interesting conversation. Not just what you feel about him. Do you agree or disagree with him, not even what did your parents have to say about him, but who is he? Who is Jesus Christ? Because the answer to that question ultimately and quietly and relentlessly will begin to reshape everything else about our lives. How do you see God? How do you see yourself? How do you see others? [00:25:02] (35 seconds)  #WhoIsJesus

Something always becomes the ultimate good. Maybe it's career, maybe it's approval, maybe it's a marriage, maybe it's our children, maybe it's achievement, maybe it's security, maybe it's our comfort and pleasure. Whatever it is, something will be at the center. And here's what happens, and we all know this is what happens. Anything less than Christ at the center will inevitably collapse in on itself. It will ultimately leave us empty at the center because nothing else can bear the weight of being the ultimate. [00:43:42] (33 seconds)  #ChristAtTheCenter

There are moments when a single question and answer can rearrange everything for us. Right? Maybe it comes in the form of a diagnosis. Maybe there's a phone call in the middle of the night. Maybe a stranger speaks just the right sentence or just the wrong sentence at the wrong time. But there's one question that always sort of stands above the rest, and that is this, who is Jesus Christ? This morning, we're gonna ask ourselves that question. [00:24:23] (39 seconds)  #AskWhoIsJesus

It can't be a a a a helpful spiritual addition or a moral teacher that we consult once in a while, a comforting presence that we turn to in a crisis. If Christ is the creator and the sustainer and the reconciler, He doesn't come to fit into your life. He comes to recenter your life. Many of us wanted Jesus as a consultant. I would prefer that some days. But scripture presents him as king and lord. [00:42:32] (36 seconds)  #ChristIsKing

Infinite and expanding at the same time. And Paul is saying he holds it all in his hands, every galaxy, every atom. Some of you know more about atoms than I do. Did you know that atoms are mostly empty space? Atoms are mostly empty space. One example of that, an image of that, is that the nucleus of a atom relates to the rest of the atomic structure, the way that a single kernel of corn relates to a football statement. [00:35:08] (46 seconds)  #InfiniteUniverseCreator

And Paul says, Christ holds all in his hand. He's lord over the galaxies, and he's in the spaces of the atom. He's lord over every breath that you have ever taken, every thought that you've ever had. The scriptures say he knows our thoughts before we know our thoughts. And better than we know our thoughts. Neuroscientists tell us that there are maybe 90,000,000,000 neurons in a human brain. 90,000,000,000 neurons. And each of them has the capacity to form multiple connections with other neurons. And in your brain, therefore, there could be hundreds of trillions of neuronal connections allowing you to have a thought or a feeling. And Christ is present in every one of those synapses, Every galaxy, every atom, every breath, every thought, he is lord of all. He created them. [00:37:10] (81 seconds)  #ChristIsEverywhere

life cannot remain the same. If we ask and answer that question in that way, your life finds its center, your fears lose their dominance, and your heart discovers reconciliation. The question is not so much, is Jesus important? The question is whether or not he's supreme. Let's pray. [00:48:52] (27 seconds)  #JesusSupreme

You were the heir. If you were the firstborn in the family, you're the one who had the authority. You could count on the inheritance. You would get the land. You would get the title. You would get the responsibility, you would get the rule of the father. Just call Jesus the firstborn is to say he is equal with the father. Jesus isn't part of creation. He is the lord of creation. [00:31:18] (29 seconds)  #JesusFirstborn