Jesus Unlimited

I once heard a professor- a Christian professor to be specific- say that Jesus Christ is the lead actor on the human stage. I love the way that sounds. I always aspired to be the lead actor on Broadway. And the “human stage” adds a certain crowning preeminence to the Person of Jesus. But the metaphor falls short. It isn’t high enough. It is much too limiting to say that Jesus is the protagonist or to say His name is listed on the program above but near to St. Paul, Martin Luther (and King Jr. too), and a score of bit actors like me. Paul in Colossians 1:15-16 makes a point of lift Jesus up higher than that. To use the theatre metaphor, Jesus is the playwright, executive producer, director, owner, and founder of our story. He is over everything.