Who Created Submission Anyway?

Yesterday, we discussed who we should be first and foremost submitting ourselves to. As Christians, we should be submitting every part of our lives- our needs, our desires, our families, our work, our homes, everything, every day to God. He is ultimately in control over us.

Today, we are going to look at a passage from Colossians that shows us who created submission:

Colossians 1:15-18

New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)

The Supremacy of Christ

¹⁵ He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. ¹⁶ For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. ¹⁷ 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 and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.

Here, we see that Christ is the firstborn over all creation. He is above everything and everything was made BY him and FOR him. Notice that he even created thrones, powers, rulers and authorities. All of these were created so that he might have the supremacy. He is supreme over us and and holds the entire universe together.

I hope these truths stir up within you:

1) An awe of who Jesus is and His greatness

2) A desire to submit to Jesus as the head of the church

3) A desire to submit to authorities because it shows submission and reverence to Christ.

Submission is not something that man came up with- Christ created it. If we love Christ, we will submit to the authorities that He has established.

I hope you come back tomorrow as we look at how wives submitting to their husbands beautifully reflects Christ.