Jesus Christ, Surpasses All!

 

Ref;Colosians 1;15-23.(NIV).

Jesus Christ is;the image of the invisible God.This mean that if you see Jesus ,you have seen God the father.This is what Jesus told Nathaniel,you see me you have seen the father because the Father and the Son are one.Jesus is the firstborn over all the creation.And by Him all things were created.Things in heaven and things on earth.Visible and invisible.Thrones or powers or rulers or authorities.All things were crated by him and for him.He is before all things,and in him all things hold together.He is the head of the body,the church.He is the begining and the first born from among the dead,so that in every thing He might have the supremancy.God was pleased to have all his fulness dwell in Him so as to reconcile to himself all things on earth or things in heaven by making peace through his blood shed on the cross. Jesus is evidently the enbodiment of God th father and this makes it easy for each one of us to identify with the Father who is the source of all things.He has entrusted every thing to the Son,Jesus Christ who has been revealed for our sake.Through Jesus,we are able to know the true God,the created things and even ourselves.We understand ourselves beter rather,we descover ourselves better when we know Jesus better.We therefore gain victory over self,sin and satan ,just as Jesus over came,for He is the perfect man whom God sent to overcome what the first man failled to overcome.As He is so we are in this world.No wonder Paul the apostle calls us more than conquerors. Now,how do you see Jesus?Who is He to you?

Jesus,The True Vine.

 (John;15;1-17)

The word of God more often than not uses trees to plainly explain spiritual truth to us. Trees are naturally impressed in our natural mind which is closely related to our souls because when God created man, He put him in the garden of Eden full of trees, consequently, man does not struggle to relate to trees. Therefore Jesus chooses to use the vine to illustrate His relation to us in a natural way so as to leave a lasting impression in our hearts. He begins by making it very clear in a bold statement that He is the true vine. This opens our minds to another side of the statement that there is a false vine for Him to be the true vine. For now, we will not focus on the false vine our interest now is in the true vine. As the true vine, He qualifies us to be true branches as long as we are connected to Him. The only sign that we are connected to Him is our fruitfulness. This connection is facilitated by our love for Him. If we love Him we will obey what He commands. The only way to express our love for Him is to obey Him. Our obedience to Him will cultivate the right relationship with Him and it is this relationship that welds us to Him. Simply stated, this relationship grafts us to Him and consequently, we become part of Him in form of branches. It is the branches that bear the fruit. It is Him who produces the fruit while we remain united to Him we only bear the fruit! It does not take your effort. It takes His effort. We only bear the fruit after He has produced it. The production of fruit through us by Him is made possible by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Paul the apostle speaking to the church in Galatia gives a list of the fruit of the spirit. He singularizes the fruit and gives a list of the fruit of the Holy Spirit, it is amazing. Even Jesus singularizes fruit-bearing and says remaining in Him will make us bear fruit. This means the fruit is one. For example, an orange tree bears oranges. This means every orange in an orange tree is an orange! It is not oranges! Each fruit we bear is a fruit of the Holy Spirit, it is not  fruits of the Holy Spirit because Holy Spirit is one. He bears one fruit. The fruit we bear when we remain connected to Jesus will be a manifestation of the very life and nature of Jesus himself. Since Jesus is one, it will be one fruit of the person and nature of Jesus revealed in us and through us. Jesus does not change. He is the same yesterday today and for evermore, so our fruit will remain. It will weather the storm of any spiritual climate. It will affect more people and become more fruit which will, in turn, affect many people and become much fruit! Fruitful trees attract people, so as people are attracted to you, show them more of Jesus in you and let them enjoy more and more fruit. Have a fruitful life in Jesus' Name.