Jesus Christ is the Creator Word
The Creator Word
Introduction
In John’s Gospel the prologue moves from the existence of the Logos, then to the fellowship of the Word with the Father, and finally to the Word’s deity and the notion that the Word is the creator.
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
All is Made
This term “all’ can sometimes be restrictive, meaning all without distinction. Otherwise, “all” can be all-inclusive, meaning all without exception. The particular sense in any given writing depends on the context, and not on the meaning of the word per se. In John’s prologue, it is clear that the idea is all-encompassing. “All were made through him,” says the original. The proof comes in the next explanatory statement: “and without him was not anything made that was made.” This is designed to confirm that the Word is Creator, that everything is created by the Word, that there are no exceptions to the theological reality of creation having come from any other source than God.
All is Made by the Word
Again, this will be reminiscent of Scriptural language concerning the way of God’s creative work. In Psalm 33, we are told that “By the Word of the Lord were the heavens made . . . He spake and it was done, he commanded and it stood fast” (Psalm 33:6,9). In Colossians, the Apostle Paul teaches, in a high Christological text, that Jesus Christ is the creator (Colossians 1:16). And in Hebrews we are reminded that by the Son, God made the worlds (Hebrews 1:2). In the Apocalypse, John the theologian claims that Christ is the beginning (arche) of the creation of God (Revelation 3:14).
Conclusion
These passages confirm the cosmogonic truth that Jesus Christ is the Creator God. And furthermore, everything has been made, and that there is not a thing in the universe that is made that had another artificer than Jesus Christ the Son of God, the Word made flesh.
Hence, the Word is Creator. Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised.
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