“MAKING PEACE!”

Colossians 1:15-20                                                     (ESV)

“15 HE is the image of the invisible GOD, the firstborn of all creation.

16 FOR BY HIM ALL THINGS WERE CREATED, in heaven and on earth, VISIBLE and INVISIBLE, whether THRONES or DOMINIONS or RULERS or AUTHORITIES-ALL THINGS were created through HIM and for HIM.

17 And HE is before ALL THINGS, and in HIM ALL THINGS HOLD TOGETHER.

18 And HE is the head of the body, the CHURCH. HE is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything HE MIGHT BE PREEMINENT.

19 For in HIM all the FULLNESS of GOD was PLEASED to DWELL,

20 and through HIM to reconcile to HIMSELF all things, whether on earth or in heaven, “MAKING PEACE” by the blood of HIS cross.”

There is a statement that says something like “Our world problems today are not caused by racists, terrorists or any other group floating around out there.  The problem is not guns.  It is hearts without GOD, homes without discipline, schools without prayer and courtrooms without justice!”  

Colossians 1:18 (ESV) is completed by theses words, “HE (JESUS) MIGHT BE PREEMINENT”.  We can try to be non-offensive, but JESUS in Luke 12:51 “Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth?  No, I tell you, BUT RATHER DIVISION!”  HE understands that we will have to pay a price for being one of HIS soldiers, a person who is “set apart” from “this world”!  We can blame guns, terrorism, or anything else we choose to deflect the focus of the real issue, but until we understand the TRUTH, that “MAKING PEACE” can ONLY come from JESUS, we will continue getting the same results that we are currently experiencing.

ALL THINGS were created through HIM and for HIM.  Only when we recognize that HE is what holds ALL THINGS together will we SEE results that are improving.  Governments and rulers cannot achieve this.  Even “invisible” things cannot bring desired results.  ONLY JESUS CHRIST can!!!

The answer to “MAKING PEACE” is very simple and right before our eyes, but “this world” will NEVER accept the HE is the answer!  JESUS said in John 6:44 “No one can come to ME unless the FATHER who sent me draws him.”  Our salvation is a “free gift”, lest any man should boast he was better than someone else!  Within the hearts of man there is no ability for “MAKING PEACE”, it just cannot happen!  The ONLY hope we have at “MAKING PEACE” is JESUS CHRIST!  HE IS OUR HOPE!!!