1. Who was in the beginning with God? "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God." John 1:1, 2.
2. Who is the Word? "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the Only-begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth." Verse 14.
3. By whom were all things made? "All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made." Verse 3.
4. Where do we read of the council between the Father and Son relating to the creation of man? In Gen. 1:26: "And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness."
5. How were the worlds brought into existence? "By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth." Ps. 33:6.
6. Did this work require a long period of time? "For He spake, and it was done."
7. What caused each one to "stand fast"? "He commanded, and it stood fast."
8. How are the worlds still upheld? "Upholding all things by the word of His power." Heb. 1:3.
9. What power had Christ while upon earth to control the elements by His word? "And He arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm." Mark 4:39.
10. In what other ways was the power of that same word manifest? "When the even was come, they brought unto Him many that were possessed with devils; and He cast out the spirits with His word, and healed all that were sick." Matt. 8:16.
11. How was the power of the word manifest in the leper? "And there came a leper to Him, beseeching Him, . . . and saying unto Him, If Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean. And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth His hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. And as soon as He had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed." Mark 1:40-42.
12. To what extent was the power in Christ's word manifest toward the dead? "He cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes, and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go." John 11:43, 44.
13. Who wrought thru Christ? "Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He seeth the Father do; for what things soever He doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise." John 5:19.
14. Did Jesus speak or work by His own authority? "The words that I speak unto you I speak not of Myself; but the Father that dwelleth in Me, He doeth the works." John 14:10.
15. Since, then, Christ had the power by speaking His Father's words to create the worlds and cause them to "stand fast," constantly upholding them by that powerful word, is He not most fittingly called "THE WORD OF GOD"?
16. Is not the fact that the word of God spoken by Christ even while "clothed with humanity" had power to produce immediate results sufficient evidence of its power to do the work in six literal days, recorded in Genesis 1?
17. Are we not limiting that power in our minds when we doubt the plain declarations of Scripture regarding this fact? J. E. L.