Counsel #5 — Christ’s Supremacy Challenged

Picture: Counsel #5 — Christ’s Supremacy ChallengedCSe 60.1

God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit together created Planet Earth and all its life (Colossians 1:16; Genesis 1:1, 2). Lucifer was not invited into the counsels of the Father and Son, and he held onto envy against Christ, arguing against Christ’s supremacy as Creator.^{[60]https://www.eldersdigest.org/en/2021/2/kidders-column} Because of Lucifer’s unrepentant rebellion, he was cast out of heaven to earth and became Satan, the tempter. Now he schemed the ruin of humanity and determined to hurt Christ by provoking His created beings to disobey Him.CSe 60.2

“So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” Genesis 1:27 NKJVCSe 60.3

“The Son of God was the acknowledged Sovereign of heaven, one in power and authority with the Father. In all the counsels of God, Christ was a participant, while Lucifer was not permitted thus to enter into the divine purposes. ‘Why,’ questioned this mighty angel, ‘should Christ have the supremacy? Why is He thus honored above Lucifer?’” Ellen White in The Great Controversy, p. 495CSe 60.4

Reflect: How could your faith in God help you not yield to the negative emotions of envy and jealousy, even when you feel left out of excluded?CSe 60.5