Featured In the Garden

Colossians 1:18(NET)
He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.

Christ is a beginning, i.e. the first in a series, the first born from the dead. Here we are talking sequence. For someone to throw out "a beginning" or start of something, and change firstborn into preeminent is without merit. The fact that He is the first one born from the dead is what provides His preeminence in church matters.

Colossians 1:18 does not say Christ is the beginning of the church. It says He is the head or top entity of the church, being the first one born from the dead, which provides His preeminence, as all the rest of us follow Him in regeneration

 

One of us certainly either cannot read, or is willing to pretend to have that disability. "...as well as the beginning, the first born from among the dead...

Colossians 1:18 does not say Christ is the beginning of the church. It says He is the head or top entity of the church, being the first one born from the dead, which provides His preeminence, as all the rest of us follow Him in regeneration

 

Ever wonder why those who present nonsense always lard their presentations with "against the person" fallacious argumentation?

Or why they start out making one argument, then change direction, and make the same argument I made from the start?

Jesus is the first born from the dead, or the one that "began" the whole sequence. So simple even a child should understand.

 

Consider this statement:

I have never argued that Jesus Christ was not the firstborn from the dead, the beginning of the church, the preeminent one.​

1) Is Christ the first-born from the dead? Yes, of course. Did anyone argue otherwise? Nope
2) Is Christ the "beginning" of the church? Or is the Father who sent Him the beginning? To debate the point is akin to arguing about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.
3) Is Christ the head of the church? Yes of course. Did anyone argue otherwise? Nope
4) Is Christ the preeminent entity of the church? Yes, of course. Did anyone argue otherwise? Nope.

Colossians 1:18 (NET)
He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.

Colossians 1:18 does not say Christ is the beginning of the church. It says He is the head or top entity of the church, being the first one born from the dead, which provides His preeminence, as all the rest of us follow Him in regeneration.