God made everything through Jesus Christ. John's Gospel… declares, "In the beginning was the Word… He [Christ, the Word] was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and without Him not one thing came into being" (John 1:1-3). John affirms the biblical faith that "in the beginning… God created the heavens and the earth" (Genesis 1:1). Christ is preexistent, greater than any angel, and God through Christ (through the Word) created the universe, which is therefore good (Genesis 1:31). Christ is the Lord over all other forces "visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers" (Colossians 1:16). He is Lord over them because He created them. So why go to them for knowledge? Go directly to Him, for "in Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell" (Colossians 1:19).
-- Richard and Julia Wilke in DISCIPLE: Remember Who You Are
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