Only One Can Have It Colossians 1:18

[nancyshanice]

Supremacy is a rather limited word. We may try to use it broadly, but when something or someone has supremacy, it really is singular. Only one can be supreme. Anyone else may be close, but not quite. The same is true of superiority.

Paul says that superiority and supremacy belong to Jesus because of the Resurrection. We need to know that and remember that superiority is His by right, not ours to grasp. In Colossians 1, the emphasis of verses 15-19 is on Jesus.

It is conspicuous that this word appears only twice in the New Testament. When Paul used it, he was stating what rightfully belongs to Jesus. When John used it, he was condemning a man who wanted what belongs to Jesus. The desire to control, to be the center of attention, to have the power to exclude others, came from a heart that wanted what belongs to Jesus.

The superiority is His to have, not ours to take.

Do you have the heart of a servant or a usurper?

[luicer]

We ought to have the heart of being servants since God is the center of everything, the head of the church, the Lord of all. He has a supremacy, or basically rules over everything. I think it's pretty much trying to imply the power and size of God over everything in our lives and in our world.

[205victor]

We should seek Christ to help us with the spirit to posses the heart of a servant and not that of a usurper following that only one is above everything and in Him there is eternal life. Many have fallen victims of wanting to become supreme and are employing anything possible including taking one’s life just to acquire that post, they should be reminded that all that is vanity and so the need to repent and seek God’s forgiveness or else, they perish in Hades fire forever.

[Ivyc]

In my own opinion l think every born again Christian should have the heart of a servant. We were all created by God so we are all His children, naturally children don’t become the usurpers. We shouldn’t try to be supreme because that will make us do things that will deter us from the kingdom of God.