Colossians 1:15-17
The Supremacy of Christ
1:15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,
1:16 for all things in heaven and on earth were created by him – all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, whether principalities or powers – all things were created through him and for him.
1:17 He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him.
Isaiah 53:11
53:11 Having suffered, he will reflect on his work,
he will be satisfied when he understands what he has done.
“My servant will acquit many,
for he carried their sins.
Jeremiah 9:24
9:24 If people want to boast, they should boast about this:
They should boast that they understand and know me.
They should boast that they know and understand
that I, the Lord, act out of faithfulness, fairness, and justice in the earth
and that I desire people to do these things,”
says the Lord.
Matthew 11:25
Jesus’ Invitation
11:25 At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children.
Matthew 11:27
11:27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father.
No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides
to reveal him.
Luke 10:21-22
10:21 On that same occasion Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will.
10:22 All things have been given to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.”
John 1:1-3
The Prologue to the Gospel
1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God.
1:2 The Word was with God in the beginning.
1:3 All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created.
John 5:17
5:17 So he
told
them, “My Father is working until now, and I too am working.”
John 5:23
5:23 so that all people
will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
John 10:30
10:30 The Father and I
are one.”
John 10:38
10:38 But if I do them, even if you do not believe me, believe the deeds,
so that you may come to know
and understand that I am in the Father and the Father is in me.”
John 14:9-11
14:9 Jesus replied,
“Have I been with you for so long, and you have not known
me, Philip? The person who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
14:10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me?
The words that I say to you, I do not speak on my own initiative,
but the Father residing in me performs
his miraculous deeds.
14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me, but if you do not believe me,
believe because of the miraculous deeds
themselves.
John 16:15
16:15 Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said the Spirit
will receive from me what is mine
and will tell it to you.
John 17:21-23
17:21 that they will all be one, just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. I pray
that they will be in us, so that the world will believe that you sent me.
17:22 The glory
you gave to me I have given to them, that they may be one just as we are one –
17:23 I in them and you in me – that they may be completely one,
so that the world will know that you sent me, and you have loved them just as you have loved me.
John 17:1
Jesus Prays for the Father to Glorify Him
17:1 When Jesus had finished saying these things, he looked upward to heaven and said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, so that your Son may glorify you –
John 3:16
3:16 For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.