STUDY QUESTIONS

How does knowing, that Jesus was introduced into creation 2,000 years ago – but has been in existence before the creation of the world, affect your view of Christmas?

How do prophecies made long before Christ’s birth, about His appearance on this earth, strengthen your belief in His divinity?

(Prophecy given in Isa 9:6 100′s of years before the letter to the Colossians.)

I. What does it mean that Jesus is the image of the invisible God? Heb 1:1-3

How do you describe God, the father?

How far will a loving father go to protect his children and wife?

How do you describe Jesus, the son?

When has the spiritual, invisible world affected your physical, visible life?

How does the realization, that you are created for Jesus v.16 affect the way you live your life, the way you worship, the way you prioritize your life?

What does it mean to deny yourself? Matt 16:24

Give an example of how you denied yourself for God in this last week (Jn15:11-17)?

Complete this tought: “Self indulgence, overindulgence is destructive in our lives, because …

III. What does it mean that Jesus is the first born, i. E. the most important, of all creation?

How does Christ’s ultimate authority show itself in your daily life? Give an example from last week?

Is your name written in heaven? How can you be sure?

Why would the awesome, unlimited, infinite God become a mortal, finite, limited man?