FreeInChrist
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John says the Word is the HE ! “All things were created by him, and without him nothing was made that has been made.”
Doug
It as well says-It was accomplished-THROUGH him. That means 100% another did it.
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“The Father is the source, the Word is the agent — but creation is the act of one God, not one God using another.”
John 1:3 does not say “God made things by the Word as a tool.”
It says ......“All things came into being through Him.”
Your morning Greek lesson......
In Greek, διά (dia) means by means of, through the agency of , not as a created instrument, but as the acting divine agent.
Hebrews 1:2 uses the same language.....“Through whom He made the worlds.”
IMPORTANT... YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS!!!!!
So the Father didn’t draw plans and hand them to a creature.
The Father expressed His will, and God the Word performed it just like your mind and your speech are not two beings, but one person acting.
Another way to view this that is easier to remember.....
“The Father willed creation; the Word executed it — but only God creates. So if the Word created all things, the Word is God.”