By Him All Things Were Created
The Deity Of Jesus Christ
COLOSSIANS 1:15-16
“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.
”Colossians 1:15-16 NKJV
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This is one of the most strongest statements regarding the deity of Jesus Christ and His divine nature found anywhere in the bible.
Jesus is not only equal to God, He is God (PHILIPPIANS 2:6; JOHN 10:30, 38; 12:45; 14:1-11); the visible image of the invisible God.
He is before all things, and that all things were created by Him and for Him. He not only reflects God, but He reveals God to us (JOHN 14:9), as supreme over all creations; He has all priority and authority.
Rather from the dust of the earth, He came from heaven (1 CORINTHIANS 15:47); He is Lord of all (ROMANS 9:5; 10:11-13; REVELATION 1:5; 17:14).
He is completely holy (HEBREWS 7:26-28; 1 PETER 1:19; 2:22; 1 JOHN 3:5), and He alone has all authority to judge the world (ROMANS 2:16; 2 CORINTHIANS 5:10; 2 TIMOTHY 4:1).
Jesus Christ is supreme over all creation and realms.
For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers.
All things were created through Him and for Him.
“And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying: “Blessing and honor and glory and power Be to Him who sits on the throne, And to the Lamb, forever and ever!” Then the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped Him who lives forever and ever.”
Revelation 5:13-14 NKJV
Therefore, since EVERY creature in heaven and on earth and under the sun worshiped Him, He Himself is not a creature or any created being. He is God, He always was, still is, and always will be.
Yet, He is the Lamb that was slain.
“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.””
Revelation 1:8 NKJV
Furthermore, it is written, “And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.””
Revelation 21:6-8 NKJV
Like the Colossian believers, we must believe in the deity of Christ, that Jesus is God, otherwise our faith would be hollow, without substance, misdirected, and meaningless.
“Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us. But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things. I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth. Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.“
I John 2:18-23 NKJV
Therefore, surely we must oppose all those who deny Christ, those who say Jesus was just a prophet or good teacher. Jesus is God from everlasting to everlasting.
For “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.”
John 1:1-5 NKJV
All glory to God forever and ever! Amen.
