June 4, 2026 4:00 am
God's ownership of all things is a central theme in the Bible, with Jesus being the heir of all things and creator of the world. Scripture gives four reasons for this, including Jesus' inheritance, creation, sustenance, and redemption of all things.
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Welcome to the Days of Praise podcast, a daily devotional by the Institute for Creation Research. Four Reasons Jesus owns the world. God hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds. Hebrews one two. Hebrews exalts the Lord Jesus' ownership of all things, including us.
Scripture gives at least four reasons for this. First, the Son is the heir of all things. That is, all things are destined to belong to Him. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into His hand. Second, Jesus created all things in conjunction with His Father and the Holy Spirit, as Genesis 1.26 shows.
And the New Testament makes Christ's creative activity crystal clear, saying, In the beginning was the Word. All things were made by Him, and for by Him were all things created, that are in heaven and that are in earth, visible and invisible. third, Jesus being the brightness of God's glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on High. Thus, the Lord Jesus also has full rights over all creation because He sustains it continually. If his powerful words ceased to uphold it, all things would vanish.
Finally, Christ redeemed all of creation by his self-sacrifice, as though he did not already deserve it by right of inheritance, creation, and sustaining power. Moreover, his purging of our sins on the cross, and thus his right to all things by virtue of his sacrifice, was so perfectly completed that the Lord sat down. He has done everything. The Lord Jesus has the right of inheritance, of creation, of sustenance, and of redemption over all things. Since he owns us four times over, What worship?
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