By Him All Things Were Created

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.
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!!!
All glory to God forever and ever! Amen.