Was Jesus created, or the Creator?

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What’s Your Question? for Jan. 23

Some interpret “only begotten Son” (Jn. 3:16) to mean Jesus was a created being. Jesus had a beginning on the earth (Mt. 1:20), but that is not the full story. John said “in the beginning the Word was with God, and the Word was God…All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made” (Jn. 1:1,3). “For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible…” (Col. 1:17). He created everything that was created in heaven and earth! The word begotten refers to position. Isaac was the “only begotten son” of Abraham (Heb. 11:17), meaning his preeminent son. The prophecy of Jesus being “begotten” (Ps. 2:7), was fulfilled in His resurrection, not His birth (Acts 13:32,33). We must believe that Jesus is the “I Am” (Jn. 8:24).