TEXT:  Colossians 1:15-20

Introduction: Who is “who” that is the image of the invisible God? (v. 15)

I. Why is He the firstborn of every creature (vv. 16-17)

1. Because He is the Creator God of all things (v. 16; John 1:1-3
2. Because He is the Eternal God before all things (v. 17a; Genesis 1:1, 26-31)
3. Because He is the Almighty God that sustains His creation (v. 17b) “consist”

II. He is Creator of Motherhood (vv. 16-17)

1. All things were created by Him and for Him and consists by Him

1. Created by His design and power
2. Created for His purpose and glory
3. Consists by His will being done in it

2. Biology was created by Him and for Him and consists by Him (Genesis 1:11-12, 21-22, 24-25)
3. Marriage was created by Him and for Him and consists by Him (Matthew 19:1-6; Genesis 2:16-25; 3:21-24)
4. Motherhood was created by Him and for Him and consists by Him (Genesis 2:23-25; 3:20)

1. God created the act of marital intimacy (Gen. 2:23-24)
2. God’s power over childbirth is stated in His curse due to sin (Gen. 3:16)
3. God is credited with the cause of life in mothering (Gen. 4:1)

III. He is the head of all things in creation (vv. 18-20)

1. He is the head of all of His creation as the originator of it (vv. 17-18)
2. He is the head of His body of baptized believers as the originator of it (v. 18)
3. He is the firstborn from the dead as our resurrected Saviour (v. 18)
4. He is the reconciler of all things unto Himself (vv. 19-20)