might and power spoke and creation came forth. Moreover, God’s creative Word is Christ himself. “He is before all things,” and “all things were created through him” (Col 1:16–17). It was through him that “all things were made,” and “without him was not anything made that was made” (Jn 1:3). That is, it was all created out of nothing. As the Word, Christ is the agency of this overwhelming creative power. This beautiful material universe was created by God but not out of God. The cosmos is not made
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