Jesus Is Everything: Discovering It All When There's Nothing Left but Jesus

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The lionlike Lamb calls us to take heart from his absolute authority over all reality. And he reminds us that, in all that authority, he will be with us to the end of the age. This is what we long for — a champion, an invincible leader. We mere mortals are not simple either. We are pitiful, yet we have mighty passions. We are weak, yet we dream of doing wonders. We are transient, but eternity is written on our hearts. The glory of Christ shines all the brighter because the conjunction of his diverse excellencies corresponds perfectly to our complexity. (31–32)

Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end (Ephesians 3:21). Throughout all ages, God’s glory is for the Church of Christ Jesus and by Christ Jesus. There is no end to our glorious world in Christ. If you were to take the greatest, happiest moment of your life and multiply it a million times, you would have a small notion of what eternal life with the Lord will be, this world without end. You will never want to let it go. It makes the greatest treasures of Earth look like trash piles.

Finish the Lord’s Work

First, “reconcile to himself.” To reconcile means to remove the barrier and restore the relationship. The enjoyment of the person is the goal. When Jesus makes peace by the sacrifice of himself, he doesn’t restore us to the creation to enjoy that as our final satisfaction; he reconciles us to himself. Yes, to each other. Yes, to the creation. But ultimately to him. He is the final focus.

So, let’s look together at Colossians 1:15–20 and highlight three truths about Christ, the God-man, as celebrated in this paragraph.

Jesus, the Sweet Water of Life

Jesus is the Word for us made flesh; He is the tiny Babe born of the Virgin Mary and laid in a manger. He is Jesus, the Son of God—and our everything! Enoch is a type of the Bride who will do those things which are pleasing to God. The Lord will take the Bride, like Enoch, home with Him to live forever. Not only does the Lord love the Bride; He likes her. She pleases Him. The Bible tells us that Jesus didn’t please Himself when He came; He pleased the Father. For I do always those things that please him (John 8:29), Jesus said. Seek to please the Lord.

Thus saith the Lord: I am revealing my greatness for this final hour, and I will fulfill the vision I gave my servant when he was a child. The vision will be living reality in this last hour. There will be no way for the souls to be numbered by the peoples that are on planet Earth. There will be millions and millions and millions of souls that will be won. In those days, it all seemed to come together for me in one particular text, which is where I’d like to take us today. I was asked to “choose a text that has been personally significant to your own walk with the Lord and ministry.” At the top of the list for me is Colossians 1:15–20. These Six Verses Many people today would have felt free to voice their opinions about such an unusual procedure. I can just hear them now: I don’t know how it’s going to happen. My feet hurt. Do your feet hurt? I don’t see why we have to do all this walking. You know, they have weapons on the inside; they could kill us all. Maybe God just brought us here to kill us. It’s good some of us were not there; the walls wouldn’t have fallen down.

Jesus, Our Savior

Jesus is our milk, our honey of life. He is our meat. Oh speak His name in holy sacredness, and great and wonderful things happen! Speak it in all the love He gives, and prayers are answered! You need nothing else but Jesus for time and eternity. Not one of His children is poor; they just look poor to this human race in darkness. Every child of God walking in the light of Jesus’ glory is rich in His greatness, in His inheritance for us—rich, rich, rich!