3. What was the testimony of Paul concerning the One who made heaven and earth? Colossians 1:13-16.
NOTE: ‘The apostle exalted Christ before His brethren as the One by whom God had created all things and by whom He had wrought out their redemption. He declared that the hand that sustains the worlds in space, and holds in their orderly arrangements and tireless activity all things throughout the universe of God, is the hand that was nailed to the cross for them.’ Acts of the Apostles, page 472.
4. What evidence does the Bible give us that Jesus Christ was alive even before angels or our world was created? John 17:5; Colossians 1:17.
NOTE: ‘“By Him were all things created,” Paul wrote, “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: and He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.” “And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath He reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreprovable in His sight.” The Son of God stooped to uplift the fallen. For this He left the sinless worlds on high, the ninety and nine that loved Him, and came to this earth to be “wounded for our transgressions” and “bruised for our iniquities.” Isaiah 53:5.’ Acts of the Apostles, page 471.