John 1: Everything and Nothing
Consider: John 1
This first chapter of John holds nothing back. If ever there is the question concerning who Jesus was, read this chapter.
Check out the first 5 verses (from the NLT):
“In the beginning the Word already existed. He was with God, and He was God. He was in the beginning with God. He created everything there is. Nothing exists that He did not make. Life itself was in Him, and this life gives light to everyone. The light shines through the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.”
The line I want to focus on is verse 3 which says “He created everything there is. Nothing exists that He did not make.”
How much more plain can that be?
He created everything.
Nothing exists without Him.
Nothing.
Simply approaching this passage with child-like faith (and plain English) clearly shows that Jesus is it. He is the One who created everything. He is the reason why we exist. We weren’t made by chance. He didn’t just start the creation process and sit back and watch everything happen. He actually did it. He created everything.
We should not only understand this in regards to the creation event itself but apply this to our lives in the fact that He has created us individually for a reason. You weren’t a mistake. You weren’t put on this earth by chance. Mother nature and karma had nothing to do with your birth. You were created by God to be on this earth for such a time as this.
Regardless of the circumstances that have surrounded your life in the past, you are precious to Him and He has made you for a reason… maybe not the reason you’ve thought of… maybe not the reason others thought of… but He definitely made you uniquely you.
Because nothing that exists came to be without Him.
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