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Christ as Having the First Place (TMF:2559)

Thursday, February 27, 2025
Peace to Live By: Christ as Having the First Place (TMF:2559) - Daniel Litton
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       We often refer to Christ in the body during his earthly ministry as being limited by the earthly body—and certainly that was true to some degree, though, to what degree that may be debated. The point is that “He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead.” Because he has gone before us in being first, and in dying and rising from the dead first, that makes him in a special place. No one, like Satan tried to do way back when, can say he is greater than Christ, or a more worthy son or daughter of God over Christ. This then, invariably, would include any other gods who would try to make such a claim. This brings us to the familiar passage which the Apostle John concluded with in his first epistle. He said, “And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. Little children, keep yourselves from idols” (1 John 5:20-21, ESV).