Di Image of Di God Wey Eye No Fit See

Nobody don ever see God. No be with dem eye. So how we go take ever know how e be? Paul answer fit inside one word. Look. Look at Jesus.

Colossae na small town for di Lycus valley, for di place wey be western Turkey today, near di bigger cities of Laodicea and Hierapolis. Paul never go there. Na one man wey dem call Epaphras start di church; e hear di good news from Paul and e carry am go home. Now Epaphras don come meet Paul, wey dey prison, with news. Di church dey grow. But some people dey teach say Jesus no too reach: say if you wan really reach God, you need special rules, secret knowledge, and to worship angels. So Paul write dem about Jesus.

E be di image of di God wey eye no fit see, Paul talk, di firstborn of all creation. Image na likeness. When you see di image, you see di person wey e dey show. Eye no fit see God, but inside Jesus, you fit see am. And firstborn here no mean say Jesus na di first thing wey God make. For Paul world, di firstborn son na di heir, di one wey get di highest place. Jesus get di first place over all creation. Because, Paul talk, na through am God create all things, for heaven and for earth, di ones wey eye fit see and di ones wey eye no fit see, thrones, dominions, rulers, powers. Everything, na through am and for am God create dem.

And e dey before all things, Paul continue, and na im dey hold all things together. Just think am. Every atom, every sunrise, every heartbeat, na im dey hold dem together. Di baby wey lie for manger for Bethlehem, wey im mama carry, na di same One wey dey hold di whole universe together at di same time. E also be di head of di body, wey be di church. E be di beginning, di firstborn from di dead, di first person to rise enter life wey no go ever end. So dat for everything, e go get di first place.

Then di line wey be di heart of Christmas come. Because e please di Father make all fullness live inside am. All di fullness of God, dey live inside one person. No be part of God. No be messenger from God. God with all im fullness, wey happy to live inside Jesus. And through am, God happy to reconcile all things back to imself, to bring dem back to peace with am, as e make peace through di blood of im cross. Di One wey make everything come to repair everything.

Di word image wey Paul use, eikon for Greek, na word wey people dey use every day. Dem dey use am for di image of di emperor wey dem print for coin. When dem ask Jesus about to pay tax, e hold up one silver coin wey dem call denarius and e ask, whose image be dis? And dem answer, Caesar own. Every coin for di Roman world carry di face of di ruler. Paul talk say Jesus carry di very likeness of God.

Di Image of Di God Wey Eye No Fit See. You go find am for Colossians chapter one, verse fifteen to twenty. For Christmas, Christians dey remember say inside di pikin of Bethlehem, di God wey eye no fit see make imself seen. So see one question wey you go carry dey go. If you wan know how God be, wetin you dey learn when you look Jesus?