God Speaks By His Son

Jesus the radiance of God’s glory
The exact representation of His being
By His powerful word
He sustains all things
He is before all things
In Him all things
Hold together
 
God was pleased
To have all His fullness
Dwell in Christ
 
In Him is life
Life
The light of men
Nothing in all creation
Is hidden from His sight
Everything is uncovered
Laid bare
Before the eyes of Him
Whom we must give account
 
Jesus the Beginning
The Firstborn from among
The dead
Sitting at the right hand
Of the Majesty of heaven
In everything He has
Supremacy
 
Through Christ
God reconciled all things
For Jesus
Provided purification for sins
Making peace
Through His blood
Shed on the cross
 
Surely those unfaithful to the Lord
Place themselves
On slippery ground
Those far from Him
Will perish

When I tried to understand this
It was oppressive to me
Until I entered
The sanctuary of God
Then I understood their final
Destiny
 
If only
As a teacher says
Pay attention
For God does speak
In a dream
In a vision of the night
When deep sleep falls
As we slumber in our beds
 
He speaks a warning
That may terrify
To turn us from wrongdoing
To keep us from pride
To preserve our soul
From the pit
Our life from
Perishing
 
Praise God
Who draws us out of a horrible pit
A pit of disorder
Of destruction
To set our feet upon a Rock
 
Truth has the power
To steady our steps
To establish our goings
By the Gospel
The revelation of a mystery
Hidden for long ages
The proclamation of Christ Jesus
That all mankind might believe
Might obey the command
Of the eternal God
“You must be sanctified by faith in Me”