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**Christ’s Supremacy**  


 ## The Unrivalled Reign: Christ’s Supremacy in a Fractured South Africa  

The relentless *crackle* of load-shedding plunges my Pretoria home into darkness again. My daughter’s voice trembles: *"Tata, will the lights return?"* In this tangible blackout, I grasp a cosmic truth: **South Africa’s chaos bows to a Sovereign who governs galaxies.**  

### I. The Baobab and the Borrowed Roots: A Cultural Crossroads  

> *"For in Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell"* (Colossians 1:19) .  

Last month, Gĩkũyũ elders visited our Akasia community, urging men to offer *mbũri cia kiama* (goats to elders) to "reclaim African identity" . "Celebrate your roots!" they insisted. Yet Paul’s thunder in Colossians arrests me: cultural continuity must *never* eclipse Christ’s cosmic completeness.  

**Logical Precision:**  

1. **Premise 1**: Any ritual demanding allegiance rivaling Christ’s atonement obscures the Gospel (Colossians 2:8) .  

2. **Premise 2**: *Mbũri cia kiama* symbolizes covenantal progression into eldership, invoking ancestral mediation .  

3. **Conclusion**: Thus, the practice—however culturally resonant—competes with Christ’s *singular* sufficiency as Mediator (1 Timothy 2:5).  

*Objection*: "But doesn’t rejecting rituals deny our heritage?"  

*Rebuttal*: Authentic liberation *transforms* culture, not *trashes* it. As Kevin Ndereba argues, Gĩkũyũ values like communality find fulfillment—not abolition—in Christ’s Body .  

### II. The Load-Shedding of the Soul: When Darkness Masquerades as Light  

South Africa’s 2024 election rhetoric echoes apartheid-era distortions: "God ordained our dominance!" . Yet Scripture dismantles this:  

> *"He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together"* (Colossians 1:17) .  

Political messiahs crumble—Zuma’s MK Party promises fizzle; DA’s "rescue pact" sputters. Why? **No earthly power sustains cosmos or conscience.** Like Eskom’s grid straining under stolen cables, souls flicker when disconnected from Christ’s supremacy.  

**Vivid Analogy**:  

Our nation resembles a township taxi: overloaded, careening, drivers fighting over the wheel. Yet only One owns the vehicle, knows the route, and fuels the engine. Surrender the keys!  

### III. The Vaccine Against Viral Deceptions  

Paul’s antidote to Colossian heresies? **A massive vision of Christ** :  

- *Supreme over Creation*: "He is before all things" (v.17)  

- *Supreme over Culture*: "In Him all fullness dwells" (v.19)  

- *Supreme over Conflict*: "Making peace by His blood" (v.20)  

In Africa, where ancestors, angels, and albinos’ blood compete for devotion, only Christ’s *blood outranks every accusation* .  

**Confronting Syncretism**:  

A sangoma offers my neighbor "protection" from amaphara (thugs). Price? A goat’s blood. But Hebrews 9:12 thunders: *"Christ entered once... by His own blood!"* Cultural remedies are placebo; Christ’s blood is the antiserum.  

### IV. Resurrection Power: When Tombs Topple Terror  

April 2024: Johannesburg’s Easter church attacks left saints shaken. Yet Sunday morning, a Zulu grandmother declared: *"They crucified Him too. But grave-guards don’t get the final word!"*  

> *"He is the head of the body, the church... the firstborn from the dead"* (Colossians 1:18) .  

**Resurrection reshapes reality**:  

- Political graves (ANC’s 30% poll crash?) cannot hold His purposes   

- Economic death (33% unemployment) meets the Life-Giver  

- Personal failures (my addiction, your shame) implode before empty-tomb evidence  

### V. Crown Him Lord of Our Conflicts  

> *"That in everything He might be preeminent"* (Colossians 1:18) .  

Last week, a taxi war erupted near Akasia Mall—3 dead. Retribution? *"Nkosi, must we not fight back?"* a young man asked me. Then I recalled Christ’s surrender: **"Your strength lies in His wounds."**  

**Practical Supremacy**:  

- *In corruption*: When PPE fraud starves hospitals, declare: *"Christ reconciles all things!"* (v.20)—demand accountability *as worship*   

- *In land debates*: "The earth is the Lord’s" (Psalm 24:1)—reject tribalist idolatry  

- *In family strife*: "He holds all things together" (v.17)—pray *with* enemies  

**Conclusion: The Light That Never Load-Sheds**  

As Eskom’s grids fail, Christ’s throne-voltage sustains supernovas. When elders demand goats, the Slain Lamb whispers: *"It is finished."* While politicians auction promises, the King of Kings governs with nail-scarred hands.  

> **Prayer**:  

> *Nkosi Jesu! When darkness descends on Mzansi, fix our eyes on Your fiery throne. Where culture competes, crown Yourself preeminent. Where death threatens, unleash resurrection. Where we crave goats, give us Golgotha. May Your anthem—"Victory!"—echo from Table Mountain to Venda’s valleys. Amen.*  

**Final Synthesis**:  

> *"Christ’s supremacy is not a doctrine to debate—it is a seismic force that shakes Pretoria’s potholed streets and rearranges African souls. Hell trembles when township grannies whisper: ‘The Lamb reigns.’"*  


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