We thought quite a bit about the first half of that passage at midnight on Christmas Day. But this morning I want to focus on two descriptions of Jesus in the passage. The end of verse 14, and verse 16, which both talk about Jesus’ fulness. What is he full of?
What is the Church? We talk about coming to Church, sometimes we might even talk about being part of a Church of the Church. But what is the Church, what are we actually talking about when we use that word.
In some ways the end of the Creed feels a bit like an add on. A bit like the list of items at the end of the Apostle’s Creed but expanded a little. To me it’s always felt a bit like ‘oh, and all these other bits too’. But in studying it the past few weeks I’ve realised it’s part of a cohesive whole, it’s not just tacked on.
What is the Gospel? What is the good news at the heart of Christianity? That’s the question before us as we turn in our series on the Creed to what Jesus did, his actions. What did Jesus do, and how has he changed the world forever?