As He Is -- Because He Is, Therefore So Are We

"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:

"And he is before all things, and by him all things consist." (Colossians 1: 16-17)

There is a world outside of us, and the universe outside of us expands at a rate beyond our comprehension.

We speak a language that we did not create (Genesis 11: 9). We live in homes we did not build. We live in cities we did not establish.

There is quite a lot in our lives which declare that we did not make ourselves (Psalm 100: 3), and that we are not the final arbiters of life on earth (Hebrews 9: 27):

"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 which do appear. " (Hebrews 11: 3)

The same God that made the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1: 1) made you and me who were born into this world through man and woman (Genesis 1: 26-27).

This same God sent His Son, the by whom all things are made to die for us, to give us His life:

"Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent." (John 6: 29)

and

"Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again." (John 10:17)

and then

"For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ." (Romans 5: 17)

Because of His love for us, not only do we live,  but we live through Him and as Him.

Yet more basically, we are because He is:

"Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also." (John 14: 19)

As Christ is -- since He exists, which we know because we exist now in this world, because in Him we live and move and have our being" (Acts 17: 28), since everything that we have is given to us, we can know and believe that "so are we in this world."

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