Jesus Christ the creator.

A call to worship.

Themes

Creation • Incarnation • Love • Communion • Jesus Christ • Intelligibility • Harmony • Science • Brokenness • Renewal • Restoration • Redemption • United with Christ • Purpose

To know God, we need to look no further than to look upon Jesus.

Behind it all, no matter how deep our science goes and our research probes or how far we look, the fundamental, final, rational principle holding it all together is Jesus. Only He makes creation intelligible.

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Scripture reading

John 1:1–3
Colossians 1:15–17
Hebrews 1:1–3, 10
1 Corinthians 8:6
Revelation 4:11

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This call to worship¹ is about Jesus Christ, the creator.

John, the beloved disciple of Jesus; Paul, the great Apostle; and the writer of The Book of Hebrews all proclaim this truth: Jesus is the Creator.

In the beginning was the Word, 
and the Word was with God, 
and the Word was God. 
He was with God in the beginning. 
Through Him all things were made; 
without Him 
nothing was made 
that has been made.


The Son 
is the image 
of the invisible God, 
the firstborn 
over all creation. 
For in Him, 
all things were created: 
things in heaven 
and on earth, 
visible and invisible, 
whether thrones 
or powers 
or rulers 
or authorities; 
all things have been created 
through Him 
and for Him. 
He is before all things, 
and in Him, 
all things hold together.


God has spoken to us by His Son, 
whom he appointed heir of all things, 
and through whom also 
He made the universe. 
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory 
and the exact representation of His being, 
sustaining all things 
by His powerful word.


There is but one God, the Father, 
from whom all things came 
and for whom we live; 
and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, 
through whom all things came 
and through whom we live.


You are worthy, 
our Lord and God, 
to receive glory 
and honor 
and power, 
for You created all things, 
and by Your will, 
they were created 
and have their being.

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Prayer

Father in heaven 
and God of creation, 
You have fully revealed to us 
who You are
—all that You are—
through Your eternal Word, 
Jesus Christ. 

To know You, 
we need to look no further 
than to look upon Him. 

He is co-essential with You, 
co-eternal with You, 
co-equal with You, 
co-knowing with You, 
co-loving with You, 
co-active with You, 
and co-creator with You. 

The love that exists 
between the two of You 
has overflowed 
to become creation as we know it 
and as we experience it. 

In complete freedom 
and unimaginable delight 
and with no compulsion 
or requirement 
or constraint, 
You have brought the entire universe 
into existence 
through Your Son, 
Jesus Christ. 

And this means 
that each of us, 
all of us together, 
the world out there on the other side of these walls, 
the entire univeres 
is deeply personal to You, 
deeply relational to You, 
and rooted in Your eternal love 
and unimaginable communion 
with Your beloved Son.  

Jesus Christ 
is the agent 
of creation
—He is The Creator—
and He is the goal, 
the reason, 
the purpose, 
the meaning, 
the fulfillment, 
the beginning 
and the end 
of all creation. 
Through Him, 
all things were made. 
And for Him, 
all things exist. 

When we look at Jesus, 
we see Your character 
and Your wisdom, Father. 
The Son 
is the image 
of the invisible God. 
He’s the radiance 
of Your glory 
and the exact representation 
of Your being. 

And because all things 
have been created through Him, 
creation itself 
is now a reflection 
of Your character 
and Your wisdom—
displaying to us 
Your order 
and Your beauty 
and Your purpose. 

And so, behind it all, 
no matter how deep our science goes
and our research probes 
or how far we look, 
the fundamental, 
final, 
rational principle 
holding it all together 
is Jesus. 
Only He 
makes creation intelligible. 
Only He 
brings harmony 
to all that we explore and discover. 

And so, 
when He took on flesh—
took on created flesh, 
from-the-dust flesh, 
human flesh as His own—
He irrevocably 
united the divine 
with the material. 

Not only 
was all our brokenness addressed 
at that moment, 
but Your commitment, God, 
to the created order 
was fully 
and unmistakably 
affirmed, 
the renewal 
of all things 
began, 
we became redeemed, 
the inherent goodness 
of all creation 
was validated, 
and its future restoration in Christ 
was guaranteed

Creation is not inherently flawed. 
We are precious to You. 
We are destined for renewal.

Father, in Jesus Christ, 
we clearly see 
that the Creator 
has entered 
into His creation, 
has united Himself to it, 
and has redeemed it. 
Not merely in response to sin 
but also to renew it, 
to reestablish its original purpose, 
and to transform it 
into its ultimate fulfillment—
something way beyond the Garden. 

Jesus Christ is not plan-B. 
He reveals 
Your from-the-beginning intention 
for us 
and for creation: 
and that is 
the unity of us
—of creation—
with You 
in Christ. 

This redemption 
is not a contingency plan 
triggered by sin 
but a continuation 
of Your original purpose 
to bring all of us 
and all of creation 
into full communion with You. 

In the name of Jesus, 
the image of the invisible God,
the radiance of God’s glory,
the exact representation of God’s being,
who is before all things,
through whom and in whom all things were made,
in whom all things hold together,
through whom we live and have our being,
Amen

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1. This call to worship was given to the small assembly of Christians who gathered at Pathway Church, Beaverdam, Michigan, on Sunday, January 26, 2025.