Day 3 - Our Creator God

Our Creator God and the Supremacy of Christ in Creation

For this is what the Lord says--he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited--he says: “I am the Lord, and there is no other.” (Isaiah 45:18)

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. (John 1:1-5)

In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.  (Hebrews 1:1-2)

He [Christ] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. (Colossians 1:15-20)

From these passages of scripture, the Bible teaches…

1. God is the Creator of earth.
2. God is the Lord, and there is no other God.
3. Jesus is the Word of God.
4. Jesus was with God in Creation.
5. Jesus holds life and the light of mankind.
6. Those who know Jesus, have light to shine in the darkness of this fallen world.
7. Those who don’t know Jesus, live in darkness.
8. In the Old Testament, there are accounts of God speaking to mankind through other men, or prophets.
9. The Good News of the New Testament is that God has now spoken to us by His Son, Jesus Christ.
10. Jesus is the heir of all things and through whom God made the universe.
11. Jesus is the image of the invisible God.
12. All things visible and invisible, even thrones or powers, rulers or authorities were created by Him and for Him.
13. In Christ all things hold together.
14. Jesus is the head of the church.
15. Those in the church are called the “body of Christ”.
16. God was pleased to have the fullness of Himself dwell in Jesus.
17. God wanted to reconcile all things on earth or things in heaven to Himself.
18. God made peace with all things through the shed blood (crucifixion) of Christ on the cross.
19. Just as a perfect sacrifice was required in the Old Testament for the forgiveness of sins, Jesus came to this earth to live and die as the sacrifice for the forgiveness of sins for all mankind.
20. Jesus is the perfect Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

What a blessing to believe in our Creator God and to have confidence knowing that the invisible God came to us in the visible form of Jesus Christ! His death on the cross and resurrection freed us from the bondage of this sinful world. Jesus is the light shining in the darkness, and through believing and accepting Him, we are reconciled to God. In so doing, we can have full assurance of our place in this world and gain a new identity of who we are in relation to our Heavenly Father. 

Further teaching by Dr. Charles Stanley, "In Touch Ministries":

http://www.jesus.org/is-jesus-god/names-of-jesus/the-lamb-of-god.html