Jehovah's Witnesses

A very nice Jehovah Witness came by my house not too long ago. He was an older guy, and like so many others that have come before him, he was unable to answer a very simple question. If Jesus is not God, then how come the Bible tells us here in John 1:1 that nothing came into being apart from Christ?

They tell me they do not believe Jesus is God, but merely "a god" that God the Father used to create the world and all things in it. They usually like to say that Jesus is like a secretary that does the things the boss tells him to do. Show me in the Bible where that is found.

So, going to the Bible, we are told that everything was made by Jesus. Nothing came into being apart from Jesus. This creates a host of problems if Jesus is not God, but then, I am getting ahead of myself. Here's the first point.

In John 1:3, it says, speaking of the Word (Jesus) "All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made."

Isaiah 44:24 tells us God was alone when He created the world
"Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself; "

so unless Jesus is either God, or a liar unable to save anyone, how is it that John 1:3, John 1:10, Colossians 1:16, Hebrews 1:2. and Hebrews 3:3 all declare that Jesus created all things?

Well, the logical place to start then is in the beginning. Even John starts there, and one can't read John chapter one without having Genesis chapter one brought to mind.

compare that with Genesis
Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth

Genesis claims it was God that created the heaven and the earth. But that's not all God created. Look at verse 21.

Gen 1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Then after God created everything, He rested the seventh day from the work of creation.
Gen 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Gen 2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
Gen 2:5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

God evidently made man too. That is what the Bible says
Gen 5:1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
Gen 5:2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

When God declares that He will destroy the earth by the flood, he says again that He is the creator

Gen 6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

In fact, there are numerous places where we are told that God created all things.
Deu 4:32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?

Psalm 89:11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fullness thereof, thou hast founded them.
Psalm 89:12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

Psa 148:2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
Psa 148:3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
Psa 148:4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
Psa 148:5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.

Read all of Isaiah Chapter 40,
Isa 40:18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
sa 40:22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

Isa 40:25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
Isa 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Isa 40:27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
Isa 40:28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

Isa 42:5 Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

Isa 45:12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.

So, you see, the Bible is clear, that God created all things by His hands, and that there are no other gods, no other saviors, none else but Him. If Jesus created all things, and nothing has been made apart from Him, them we must conclude that the Bible also tells us that He is God in the flesh.