Jesus Christ: Creator…Colossians 1:16

“For through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth.…He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see—such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him.

For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, 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.” (Colossians 1:16)

The Old Testament uses several names for the One who created. For example:

Isaiah 45:18

For the Lord is God, and he created the heavens and earth and put everything in place.He made the world to be lived in, not to be a place of empty chaos. I am the Lord,” he says,  “and there is no other.

I am the Lord,(i.e., Jehovah) he says, that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it”

But the New Testament leaves no doubt as to who the Creator is.

Col.1:16states it clearly. The “him” in context is the Father’s “dear Son”

Colossians 1:13

For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son,

Who purchased our freedom with “his blood”

Colossians 1:14-15…who purchased our freedom(Some manuscripts add with his blood) and forgave our sins. Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation,

Similarly, the favorite passage in John 1:3 identifies Christ as the Creator: …John 1:3

“All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.”

John 1:10

He came into the very world he created, but the world didn’t recognize him.

John 1:14

So the Word became human(Greek became flesh) and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness.(Or grace and truth) And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.

No member of the human race nor member of the Trinity fits this description except Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 1:1-2

Long ago God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets.And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he created the universe.

Jesus Christ is the Creator, and once He put on human form, His creative abilities continued to find application. Several of His miracles involved creation out of nothing.

Note the feeding of the five thousand

John 6:10-11

“Tell everyone to sit down,” Jesus said. So they all sat down on the grassy slopes. (The men alone numbered about 5,000.) Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks to God, and distributed them to the people. Afterward he did the same with the fish. And they all ate as much as they wanted.…

The transformation of water into wine

John 2:9-11…When the master of ceremonies tasted the water that was now wine, not knowing where it had come from (though, of course, the servants knew), he called the bridegroom over. “A host always serves the best wine first,” he said. “Then, when everyone has had a lot to drink, he brings out the less expensive wine. But you have kept the best until now!”  This miraculous sign at Cana in Galilee was the first time Jesus revealed his glory. And his disciples believed in him.

Bringing life from non-life–the raising of Lazarus

John 11:43-44

Then Jesus shouted, “Lazarus, come out!”And the dead man came out, his hands and feet bound in graveclothes, his face wrapped in a headcloth. Jesus told them, “Unwrap him and let him go!” 

just to name a few

…Perhaps the most important creative act of Christ is one He performs on repentant sinners every day.

2 Corinthians 5:17

This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!