Title: Christ Jesus: The Creator
Author: Theodore Enke
Company: Conejo Koinonia Church

Christ Jesus: The Creator!

"All things were made through Him, and without Him was not any thing made that was not made."
John 1:3

"For by Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things were created through Him and for Him."  
Colossians 1:16

Then glory upon glory we see:
"Blessed is the one You choose to bring near,
to dwell in Your courts!..."  Psalm 65:4

Chosen by God!
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him.
In love He predestined us for adoption to Himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of His will."  Ephasians  1:3-5

We were in His plan before from the foundation of the world.  How awesome and and how humbling that The Almighty God, the everlasting Father, would choose such as we!?

Our Lord is not an impersonal distant God, but One who from before the foundation of the world chose to have an intimate relationship with man.  .For the born again believer we have that very
 relationship.  As Scripture tells us,
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.  The old has passed away; behold the new has come."  2 Corinthians 5:17

We are livingly related to Almighty God. He is our Father and as the perfect parent, He is involved in every aspect of our lives.  He is conforming us to the image of Jesus by The Holy Spirit.
"For those whom He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, in order that He might be the first born of many brothers."  Romans 8:29

In Ephesians 2:10 we see,
"For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."

Nothing by chance. The Apostle Paul tells us in Philippians 2:13-15,
For it is God who works in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.
Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation among whom you shine as lights in the world."

It is God who is at work in us, therefore Paul can say,
"I am confident of this very thing that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus."  Philippians 1:6 

Let us do as the Psalmist encourages in Psalm 95:6-7,
"Come, let us worship and bow down;
Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
For He is our God,
And we are the people of His pasture,andn the sheep of His hand."

Praise His name forever!