“MANY PEOPLE TODAY, LIKE THE FALSE TEACHERS AT COLOSSE, WILL GIVE JESUS CHRIST A PLACE OF EMINENCE, BUT THEY WILL NOT GIVE HIM HIS RIGHTFUL PLACE OF PREEMINENCE. HE IS NOT A “GREAT MAN AMONG GREAT MEN”; HE IS GOD’S SON, PREEMINENT IN ALL THINGS! IN THIS FIRST CHAPTER, THE APOSTLE DECLARES CHRIST’S PREEMINENCE IN SEVERAL AREAS OF LIFE.”