City on a Hill Melbourne

The fullness of God's love, joy, peace, and glory dwells fully in Jesus. Everything that was, is, and always will be God, has been, is, and will always be Jesus. He is the God who reveals, the God who reconciles, and the God who restores. Jesus made peace for us by his blood on the cross, and he will come again to make all things new.

As Jesus is lord over this cosmos, so shall he be lord over the new heavens and earth as the first-born from the dead, the only one who was able to defeat death once and for all. There will be no referendums nor any limits to his reign, for Christ is preeminent and he shall reign forever.

Jesus holds all things at a cosmic, historical, and personal level. He is before all things - the cosmos, nature, or kingdoms - and in him all things hold together. His hands both hold the universe, and feed the sparrow. As his beloved creation, we are of more value than the sparrow. When anxiety washes over you, look to the one who holds the whole world in his hands.

The supremacy of Christ over all creation helps us stay curious, practice thankfulness, steward God's world, and worship Jesus as lord over all. There is nothing in all creation that doesn't find its origin and design in Jesus. It doesn't exist primarily for us, but for Jesus. Every planet, every sunrise, every mountain, every valley, every ocean, every heart, and every nation. All things were created through him and for him.

In Colossians, Paul was speaking to a church battling the heresy of Gnosticism, that the spiritual is better than the physical and Jesus was fully spirit yet gave the illusion of having a physical body. To this Paul writes about the pre-eminence of Christ, who is 'the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.'In Jesus, the invisible God became visible, the cosmic God who held the stars walked on Earth to be close to us. God became one of us. God has written himself into history and the story of our lives, to reveal himself to us and make himself known through Jesus. When Paul calls Jesus the first-born over all creation, he is not calling Christ a creation but reminding us that Christ is first and foremost over all things: every planet, every being, every nation, and everthing in all creation. Is he first in your life, your purpose, your possessions, and your time?

Passage: 'Matthew 13:47-50'. Preacher: Javi De La Rosa. Visit www.cityonahill.com.au for more about our mission to know Jesus and make Jesus Known.

Passage: 'Matthew 13V44-46'. Preacher: Brenton Jayayatilaka. Visit www.cityonahill.com.au for more about our mission to know Jesus and make Jesus Known.

Passage: 'Matt. 13V31-33'. Preacher: Ben Hewitt. Visit www.cityonahill.com.au for more about our mission to know Jesus and make Jesus Known.

Passage: Luke 15:11-32. Preacher: Guy Mason. Visit www.cityonahill.com.au for more about our mission to know Jesus and make Jesus Known.

A sermon from our teaching series, ‘Left & Right'. The City of God. Passage: Jeremiah 29:4-14. Preacher: Ben Hewitt. Visit www.cityonahill.com.au for more about our mission to know Jesus and make Jesus Known.