KwabaseKolose 1:15-17, UPawulu wabhala ukuthi uJesu ungumfanekiso kaNkulunkulu ongabonakali, izibulo laso sonke isidalwa. Ngoba ngaye konke kwadalwa, Ezulwini, Futhi lokho emhlabeni, kuyabonakala futhi akubonakali, Ukuthi bangaba yizihlalo zobukhosi, noma imihlahlamo, noma ubukhosi, or power: Zonke izinto zadalwa nguye, kanye naye; Futhi uphambi kwazo zonke izinto, and by Him all things consist of every creature. Kusho ukuthini, Jesus being the image of the invisible God, izibulo laso sonke isidalwa?
What is the meaning of colossians 1:15, Jesus being the image of the invisible God?
Okushiwo KwabaseKolose 1:15, Jesus being the image of the invisible God, is that Jesus is the brightness of God’s glory and the express image of His person. If you know Jesus Christ, the Son of God and the Word that was made flesh, you know the Father.
No one has seen the Father but Jesus Christ and He is the reflection of Him. (Oh. UJohane 1:18, 6:46, amaHebheru 1:3).
NgeZwi kuphela, you can get to know the Father (Funda futhi: Ingabe uJesu wayengumuntu ngokuphelele?).
Ngubani umfanekiso kaNkulunkulu ongabonakali, izibulo laso sonke isidalwa: Ngoba ngaye konke kwadalwa, Ezulwini, Futhi lokho emhlabeni, kuyabonakala futhi akubonakali, Ukuthi bangaba yizihlalo zobukhosi, noma imihlahlamo, noma ubukhosi, noma amandla: Zonke izinto zadalwa nguye, kanye naye: Futhi uphambi kwazo zonke izinto, futhi ngaye zonke izinto ziqukethe (AbaseKolose 1:15-17)
Philip saith unto Him, Nkosi, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. uJesu wathi kuye, Ngabe nginawe isikhathi eside kangaka, kanti wena awukangazi, UFiliphu? ongibonile Mina umbonile uBaba; usho kanjani pho, Sibonise uBaba?
Awukholwa ukuthi mina ngikuBaba, noBaba ukiMi? amazwi engiwakhuluma kini angiwakhulumi ngokwami: kodwa uBaba ohlezi kiMi, Wenza imisebenzi. Believe Me that I am in the Father, noBaba ukiMi: noma kholwani yimina yona yona leyo misebenzi’ ngesinyeziso.
Ngiqinisile, ngempela, ngithi kini, Okholwa yiMi, imisebenzi engiyenzayo mina naye uyakuyenza; nemikhulu kunale uyakuyenza; ngoba ngiya kuBaba waMi. Futhi noma yini eniyakukucela eGameni laMi, ngizokwenza lokho, ukuze uBaba akhazimuliswe eNdodaneni. Uma nicela utho ngeGama laMi, ngizokwenza (UJohane 14:8-14)
The old creation can’t believe nor see the Kingdom of God
Philip had spent so much time with Jesus and still, Philip asked Jesus to show them the Father. While Jesus was the reflection of the Father. Amagama, Jesus spoke and the works, He did were the words and works of the Father.
Lokhu kukhombisa, that as long as you remainIndalo endala, it’s hard to believe, to see, to comprehend, and to understand the spiritual things of the Kingdom of God.
Only when you become born again in the spirit, you enter the Kingdom of God. When you enter the Kingdom of God, you see the Kingdom of God and understand the spiritual things of God.
Wat is the meaning of Jesus being the Firstborn of every creature?
The meaning of Jesus being the Firstborn of every creature is that Jesus existed before everything else was created. Nothing existed before Jesus. All things in the heavens and on the earth, okubonakalayo nokungabonakali, Ukuthi bangaba yizihlalo zobukhosi, iminduzo, othishanhloko, noma amandla; all things were created by Him and for Him.
Lokhu kuyasibonisa, the ultimate authority and highest power of Jesus Christ, above all other forces, amandla, ubukhosi, iminduzo, othishanhloko, njll.. There is no higher and greater power in the heavens and on earth, that stands above God (Kwabase-Efesu 1:20-23).
Ekuqaleni wayekhona uLizwi, futhi uLizwi wayenoNkulunkulu, futhi uLizwi wayenguNkulunkulu. Yena lowo wayekhona ekuqaleni kuNkulunkulu. Zonke izinto zenziwa Nguye; ngaphandle kwakhe akubangakho lutho olwenziwe
UJohane 1:1-3
Since all things were created by Jesus and for Him, Jesus had to come to the earth. So that through Jesus, indalo entsha; the new man could be created.
Kwakungekho muntu, who could do that, kunoJesu Kristu, iZwi Eliphilayo. And so Jesus became the Firstborn of the new creation. (Funda futhi: The whole creation created in Jesus Christ).
These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God
IsAmbulo 3:14
The new creation is the image of Jesus Christ
As Jesus is the image of the invisible God, so are the believers in Christ the image of Jesus Christ.
AmaKristu, who by faith in Christ are born again in Him, are justified by His blood and born of amanzi and Spirit and have become a new creation. As they are the new creation, they are the image of Jesus Christ on earth.
Christians belong to Jesus and submit to Him and live according to the will of God.
Owenze umbono kusengaphambili, Wabuye wanquma kusengaphambili ukuba afane nomfanekiso weNdodana Yakhe, that He might be the Firstborn among many brethren
AmaRoma 8:29
Believers walk with God
Believers walk after the Spirit and have an experiential relationship with Jesus Christ and the Father. They speak His words and do His works. Even greater works, said Jesus, because He went to the Father. The believers bear witness unto the truth and bear the same fruit as Jesus.
They are witnesses of Jesus Christ on earth. In His Name, they preach the gospel and call the people to repentance and the removal of sin, and deliver sinners from the power of darkness.
Ngenxa yalokhu, born again Christians show through their lives that they belong to God and worship Him.
Christians walk in the light and distinguish themselves from the people, who through natural birth belong to the devil and the world and walk in darkness.
‘Yibani usawoti womhlaba’
