The Creator of All things...

THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS One of the great needs among Christians today is a clear grasp and understanding of the One we call "CREATOR." Feel free to use these notes with family and friends. 1. HIS UNIQUE PERSON! Col. 1:15a - "image of the invisible God" Col. 1:19 - "in Him should all fullness dwell" Col. 2:9-10 - "For in Him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in Him, which is the Head of all principality and power" "IMAGE" - John 1:18; 14:8-9; I Timothy 1:17; Hebrews 1:3; 11:27 John 1:18 - "No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him." John 14:8-9 - "Philip saith unto Him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known Me, Philip? He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?" I Timothy 1:17 - "Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen." Hebrews 1:3 - "Who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His Person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high." Hebrews 11:27 - "By faith he (Moses) forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing Him Who is invisible." 2. HIS EXALTED POSITION! Col. 1:15b - "the firstborn of every creature" Greek: prototokos - used 9 times (does NOT mean from the standpoint of time) cf. Romans 8:29; Ephesians 1:19-21; Philippians 2:9-11; Hebrews 1:6 and Revelation 22:8-9 Romans 8:29 - "For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn (prototokon) among many brethren." Ephesians 1:19-21 - "And what is the exceeding greatness of His power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of His mighty power, Which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come." Philippians 2:9-11 - "Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a NAME which is above every name: That at the NAME of Jesus every knee should bow; of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." Hebrews 1:6 - "And again, when He bringeth in the first begotten (prototokon) into the world, He saith, And let all the angels of God worship Him." Revelation 22:8-9 - "And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: WORSHIP GOD." 3. HIS MIGHTY POWER! Col. 1:16-17 - "all things created" Colossians 1:16-17 - "For by Him were all things created, that are in heave, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him: and He is before all things, and by Him all things consist" (1) The ORIGIN of that power v. 17 - "before all things" cf. John 1:1; 8:58 John 1:1 - "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" John 8:58 - "Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I AM." (2) The OPERATION of that power Col. 1:16 - "by Him were all things created" John 1:3 - "All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made." Col. 1:17b - "by Him all things consist" Hebrews 1:3 - "Who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His Person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high." (3) The OBJECT of that power Col. 1:16 - "all things were created by Him and FOR Him" Romans 11:36 - "For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things, to Whom be glory forever. Amen." Ephesians 1:9-10 -"Having made know unto us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He hath purpose in Himself: That in the dispensation of the fullness of times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in Him." 4. HIS SPECIAL PLACE IN THE HEARTS OF ALL BELIEVERS! Colossians 1:18-19 Colossians 1:18-19 - "And He is the Head of the body, the church: Who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things He might have the preeminence. For it please the Father that in Him should all fullness dwell." (1) He is the LOVE we need! "the Head of the body, the church" cf. Ephesians 1:22-23; 4:15-16 Ephesians 1:22-23 - "And hath put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be the Head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him that filleth all in all." Ephesians 4:15-16 - "But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into Him in all things, which is the Head, even Christ: From Whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love." (2) He is the LIFE we have! "the beginning, the firstborn from the dead" (3) He is the LORD we worship! "that in all things He might have the preeminence...for it pleased the Father that in Him should all the fullness dwell" ("all the fullness was pleased to dwell in Him") 5. HIS WONDERFUL PLAN TO BRING US TO GOD! - "reconcile" Colossians 1:20-23 - "And having made peace through the blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself; by Him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath He reconciled - in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister." II Corinthians 5:19 - "To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation." (1) Our PROBLEM - "alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works" Ephesians 2:12-13 - "That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made night by the blood of Christ." (2) His PART - "having made peace through the blood of His cross" Colossians 1:22 - "in the body of His flesh through death" Romans 5:10-11 - "For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by Whom we have now received the atonement (reconciliation)." (3) His PURPOSE - "to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in His sight" Ephesians 1:3-7 - "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: According as He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, wherein He hath made us accepted in the Beloved (One). In Whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace." David Hocking HFT Connect