Bible Questions Answered:
I've been introduced to some folks who believe that Christ was God's first creation and they use the Bible. Is this ok?
Roberta/ Phoenix, Arizona U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Absolutely not!
Bible Text:
Revelation 3:14 KJV
And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
No doubt a verse such as the given above has been used.
Here is this same verse from the “Amplified Bible.”
Revelation 3:14 AMP
And to the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the Trusty and Faithful and True Witness, the Origin and Beginning and Author of God's creation:
My, how clear this becomes! Christ, is not the beginning of God's creation/ rather Christ is the “Origin, the “Author,” of God's creation!
Friends, there are hosts of bibles in the land today, the “last-day,” scheme of the evil one.
Cults print bibles to wrest the scripture into their cultist beliefs!
Beware of different translations.
All cultists will claim there Bible version, has been taken from the original, but doctrinal men translate scripture according to the dictates of their own hearts. And if those dictates be anything but truthful, reader beware.
Revelation 22:18,19 KJV
18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
Foreigners traveling into our country from third world countries often ask the question, “Why do you have so many different kind of churches here?”
Yes, why indeed?
They all have men with doctorates, all have a Bible they use, and they all differ in beliefs the one from the other.
What is one to do?
How can one tell the truth?
The answer is simple and yet complex. The truth is we must “never,” relegate our brain, our thinking to others!
We, must be the searchers of truth! We, must know God's plan of salvation for ourselves.
We, must ourselves, search the scriptures to see if those things are so.
Acts 17:11 KJV (Paul said of the Christians at Berea.)
"...they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.”
John 16:13
Howbeit when He, the Spirit of Truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak: and He will shew you things to come.
1 John 2:27
But the anointing which ye have received of Him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in Him.
Christ is the “Origin, the Author of creation.”
Colossians 1:15 KJV
15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn* of every creature:
16 For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him:
17 And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.
*Firstborn-Greek-Prototokos (Pro-tot-ok-os): First-born ("Not," first-created!)
(Abingdon/Strong Concordance of the Bible.)
First-born, among the Jews, meant position or rank, e.g. first-born was the father's heir.
Hebrews 1:1,2 KJV
1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds;
Colossians 1:15-17 NLT
15 Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation,
16 for through Him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see— such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through Him and for Him.
17 He existed before anything else, and He holds all creation together.
One group, has inserted the word “other,” in these verses, four times, to make it appear, that Christ Himself, has been created. They will answer one day to God.
Christ is eternal, He existed “before all things,” (verse 17 KJV).
Isaiah 9:6 KJV
For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God,
The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Who would dare say this is not speaking of the Lord Jesus Christ?
Notice the descriptions of Christ:
Child
Son
Wonderful
Counselor
The Mighty God
The “Everlasting Father.”
The Prince of Peace.
What does everlasting mean?
Everlasting: Never coming to an end. Lasting forever; eternal, eternity.
(New World Dictionary)
Micah 5:2 KJV
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall He come forth unto Me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Who would dare say this is not speaking of the Lord Jesus Christ?
What does this verse say of Christ?
He would come from Bethlehem.
He would be a ruler in Israel.
His goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
What does everlasting mean?
Everlasting: Never coming to an end. Lasting forever; eternal, eternity.
(New World Dictionary)
