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Overcome the Loss of the First Love for the Lord by Giving Him the First Place in All Things

September 21, 2022 by aGodMan 11 Comments

As believers in Christ, we need to love the Lord Jesus with the first love, the best love; we need to overcome the loss of the first love and simply give the Lord Jesus the preeminence in all things, giving Him the first place in both big and small things. Amen! When we love […]

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Christ should have the Preeminence in our Personal Universe: give Him the First Place!

January 28, 2020 by aGodMan 1 Comment

According to God, Christ occupies the first place in both the old creation and the new creation; Christ should have the preeminence in our personal universe, and we should give Him the first place in all things. What a wonderful, all-inclusive, extensive Christ we have! He is preeminent in everything; even in the Godhead, the […]

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Christ is the Preeminent One in the Triune Godhead and in God’s Exaltation of Him

January 27, 2020 by aGodMan 1 Comment

Christ has the first place in God’s economy; Christ is preeminent in God’s economy, for everything God wants to do is related to Christ and is focused on Christ. Oh, what a Christ we have! Do we see such a Christ? Do we enjoy such a Christ? The all-inclusive, extensive Christ has the preeminence in […]

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God Rules For Christ to Have the Preeminence in Us and Be Everything To Us

March 1, 2013 by aGodMan 5 Comments

God’s desire is to give Christ the preeminence in all things – He wants Christ to have the first place in all things (see Col. 1:15, 18). In the old creation, Christ is preeminent – He is the firstborn of all creation. In the new creation, Christ is preeminent – He is the firstborn from […]

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overcoming the loss of the first love by giving the Lord the preeminence in all things

February 21, 2012 by aGodMan 3 Comments

One very simple way to overcome the loss of the first love for the Lord is to give Christ the first place, the preeminence, in all things. The Bible begins with, “In the beginning, God …” (Gen. 1:1), and Colossians tells us that Christ must have the first place, the preeminence, in all things (Col. 1:18). In order for us to love the Lord with the first and best love, we need to consider the Lord Jesus as the first in everything. In God’s eyes and in God’s economy, Christ is the first – but what about in our personal universe, in our decisions, considerations, emotions, living, walking, speaking, attitude, and in all our being? [read more online]

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the spirit of the Bible is to exalt Christ – He must have the first place in all things!

August 22, 2011 by aGodMan 1 Comment

In our study of the Bible and particularly in our study of the book of Psalms we need to realize that the spirit of the Bible is to exalt Christ. This needs to become real to us – throughout the Bible and particularly in the Psalms, what we see as being “the spirit of the […]

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God desires that Christ might have the first place, the preeminence, in all things

January 5, 2011 by aGodMan 15 Comments

In God’s eyes, Christ is the Beloved Son – He treasures Christ, gives everything to Christ, and Christ is His Favourite! Even more, according to Col. 1:15, Christ is the firstborn of all creation – He is the first in the old creation. In Col. 1:18 it says, And He is the Head of the […]

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