Grace of Jesus Christ

Collosians 1:18-23
Jesus is the head of the body, the church, he is the beginning n the firstborn from among the dead.
Jesus reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight.
Jesus making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
Continue in your faith, established and firm not moved from the hope held out in the gospel.
The thoughts of Gods rescue mission, lifts Paul into pure poetry as he attempts to capture in words the nature and work of Christ.
Jesus is the living expression of God himself - active in creation, upholding all that exists.
Christ is first - in existence, in power, in position.
He has first place in God's new creation.
He is the head of the church and the source of its life.
Through the death of his Son God has made us his friends. This is Paul's gospel - good news indeed!
Why?
God loves us so he let Jesus shed blood on the cross.
How?
Exclude everything that is obstacle to Jesus Christ.