Mat 11:27, Joh 1:18, Col 1:15 | Family | STEP | All things are delivered ; all things were by the Father committed to Christ as mediator. He is head over all things to his church, and the final judge of the living and the dead. Reveal him ; as manifested in the person and work of the Saviour, and by his word and Spirit. None have right views of God, except those who learn his character from his Son. The course of wisdom therefore, for all who wish to know God, is to sit at the feet of Christ and learn from him.

‏ Matthew 11:27

All things are delivered; all things were by the Father committed to Christ as mediator. He is head over all things to his church, and the final judge of the living and the dead.

Reveal him; as manifested in the person and work of the Saviour, and by his word and Spirit. None have right views of God, except those who learn his character from his Son. The course of wisdom therefore, for all who wish to know God, is to sit at the feet of Christ and learn from him.

‏ John 1:18

Declared him; revealed him. The apostle here teaches that all the revelations men have received of God, whether under the law or the gospel, had Jesus Christ for their source.

‏ Colossians 1:15

The image of the invisible God; the invisible God made manifest. Christ is the image of God, as possessing perfect equality with the Father in substance and divine perfections. Compare his own words: "He that hath seen me, hath seen the Father." Joh 14:9.

The first-born of every creature; or, the first-born of all creation. Since Christ is the creator of all things, verse Col 1:16, he is not himself one of the creation. But he is the first-born of all creation, as being before all things, verse Col 1:17, and above them as their supreme head, verse Col 1:20.