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gospel He is "without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life" (Heb. 7:3). We all must be very clear that our Christ was with God and was God from the beginning. He was the Word with God from the beginning.
THE CREATION THROUGH THE WORD
The creation came into being through the Word. I like the way the Recovery Version of John renders verse 3. "All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him noth ing came into being which has come into being." What does it mean that all things came into being through Him and that apart from Him nothing has come into being? It simply means that apart from Him nothing has existence. One day, through the Word, so many things came into being. We may say that, in a sense, God did not make anything, for there was no need for Him to do anything. He simply said, "Being," and everything had being. According to our human concept, creation requires a certain amount of labor. However, in God's creation there was no labor, only speaking. When God said, "Let there be light," light came into existence. When He said, "Let there be an expanse," the expanse