A simple Commentary John 1:3
All things were made by him; and
without him was not anything made that was made, John 1:3. “All things were
made by him” God the Son is the immediate creator of all the creation, He who
is the Word (or Speech, so John Calvin) spake and it was done, he commanded and
it stood fast, Psalms 33:9. “By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and
all the host of them by the breath of his mouth”, Psalms 33:6. The person of
the triune God who was active in the creation was God the Son, the means
through which he did create was the breath of his mouth, he spake and it was
done, he commanded and it stood fast. This word of command, by which God
created is shown us in Genesis 1:3,6,9,11,14,20,24,26, and that word of command
was “and God said, let there be____” .
Not only did God the Speech, or
Word create the things of the earthly creation but he also created the things
of the heavenly or spiritual creation, we are informed of this by the apostle Paul,
Colossians 1:16, where we read “For by him were all things created, that are in
heaven, and that are in earth, visible or invisible, whether they be thrones,
or dominions, or principalities, or powers:(the governmental institutions of
the world above) all things were created by him, and for him: to this add the
testimony of the same Apostle from the epistle to the Hebrews 2:10, For it
became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things... and in
Hebrews 1:10 we read “ And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the
foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands.
And without him was not anything
made that was made, this second part of the verse is a statement of the same
truth as was in the first part of the verse. Only it is given in the negative,
to assure us that the Word was not left out in any part of the creation. His is
the hand of the great creator, it is the Son who is the immediate creator of
the worlds, Hebrews 1:2. Through faith we understand that the worlds were
framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of
things that do appear, Hebrews 11:3 this verse tells us that the Son of God,
the Word, created all things out of nothing by his word or by the breath of his
mouth. He was in the beginning with God the Father and therefore He is the eternal
God. He created all things out of nothing and therefore He is the omnipotent
God. His creation of all things was not as an instrumental means, but as the
principle efficacious cause.
The creation of all things out of
nothing by the Word, is in line with the order of the divine operations of the
blessed three in one. The three in one of the God head are equal in power
essence and glory, but in their operations they follow the structure outlined
in Ephesians 2:18, “through the Son”, (through his mediation of the everlasting
covenant of grace, his intercession [based upon his sacrifice] being a integral
part of his mediation Hebrews 7:25) “by the Spirit” (the application of the
inheritance of grace to the children of promise Galatians 4:28) “unto the Father”
(all things according to his purpose and grace II Timothy 1:9).
A.J. Ison
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