Today's encouragement comes from Colossians 1:16a, where we read these words of Paul:
"For by Him [Christ] all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible . . . “The Triune God created everything that is—everything that has real essence; and this was accomplished through The Second Person of The Holy Trinity, Christ, The Word of God. Everything that possesses actual (positive) exist-ence was made through The Logos (Word/Christ) of God. Sin and evil, having no real essence, have no actual “being”—they are only privations of truly good things (created by God).
In the beauty of this season of Fall, let us thank God for His power and glory in His creation. But let us do this with an eye to something even greater: the re-creation of dead souls, who now make up the regenerated members of the body (church) of the Lord Jesus Christ.
[Puritan quote of the day: "The hypocrite takes more care to make a covenant than to keep it, and is more studious to enter into religion than that religion should enter into him.” —Thomas Watson, in his sermon, "God's Anatomy Upon Man's Heart"]
