At this time of year it is great to remember why we are celebrating.

As we have been looking at the incarnation over the last few weeks it has caused me to reflect on our Lord, God and King Jesus Christ.

Paul, in his letter to the Colossians, gives a wonderful account of the person of Jesus Christ as both eternal God and mortal man. In these few verses we get a glimpse of how magnificent and glorious Jesus is. Over the next few weeks I want to highlight some of the characteristics of Jesus and show why he deserves to be praised.

This week I’d like to highlight Colossians 1:15 and the glorious truth that Jesus is God.  Paul writes: “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.”

This verse kicks starts a wonderful torrent of proclamation as wave upon wave of truths come from Paul. It is also a pivotal verse as everything proceeding hinges on it. “He is the image of the invisible God.”  This monumental statement not only claims that Jesus (a man, who had only a few years earlier died on a cross) is not only the representative of God, but that he is in everyway God.

This is truth is magnified in verse 19, “For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell.” He cannot be any more God.

This is something that I can become over familiarised with. Something that I know because it is the most basic aspect of the Christian faith. Either that or it becomes something that I need to tell non-Christians, but neglect to regularly remind myself of.

Let’s rejoice in the fact that Jesus is God: The one who saved us from the wrath of God. The one who paid the price for our sins. The one who restored our relationship with God. The one who rose from the dead and the one who we will one day spend eternity with.

What a wonderful truth — Jesus is God!