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4.10 Jesus Christ the Creator
IJohn 5:20 reminds us that "...This is the true God and eternal life." (See also John 17:3; Isaiah 9:6; Acts 20:28; Titus 2:13.) We must never believe that there are two creators or two or more Cods. Keeping this fact in mind; the Bible truly states that, "All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made" (John 1:3). "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether there be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him" (Colossians 1:16). "Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands" (Hebrews 1:10). (See John 1:3; Isaiah 53:1-3; I Corinthians 8:6; Ephesians 3:9; Hebrews 1:1-3; 11:3; Genesis 1:1; Nehemiah 9:6; Psalm 102:25; Isaiah 44:24.)
When Trinitarians interpret the above passages, they designate them to the second person of the godhead, which is supposedly God the Son incar nate. According to their belief, they apply the name Jesus Christ only to the SonofGod. TheBibleteachesusthatthenameJesusChrististhenameo the Father incarnate; for the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily fln flesh and blood). Therefore, the above passages declare to us that Jesus, the Father incarnate and creator of all things, is manifested in His flesh as Saviour.
Some Trinitarians, as they read these scriptures, maintain that an eternal son co
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