GOD BUILT “ALL THINGS.” Hebrews 3:4 God has a “house,” a building not made with hands that is eternal. Those who have come to Christ by faith are a part of that house. We are “A building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” He is the Builder of His spiritual house. There is an expected behavior for those who are in that house.
The Lord Jesus Christ, who is the builder of the house, never failed even through the suffering He endured in His life and death. God appointed Him to be the captain of our salvation, who had never failed in any way. He fulfilled the work God gave Him to do to the very end, when He could declare, “It is finished.” He is able to save to the uttermost all who come to God by Him.”
Every effect has a cause, and God is the cause of “all things.” “Without Him was not anything made that was made.” We understand that God is a spirit who is invisible, personal, and alive. He is self- existent, eternal, and unchanging. Intellectually, God is omniscient: there is nothing He does not know, and He is faithful and wise in His justice, mercy, and love. He hates evil, is long-suffering, and compassionate.
Existentially, God is authentic; there is no limit to His power and authority over all things. In His relationships, He is transcendent in His being, yet cares for and is concerned about what and whom He made in His divine providence. He loves every person because love is His nature. He desires willing love and affection in return from the objects of His love.
His redemptive work began with creating man in His image and giving them free will, aiming for us to freely choose to love Him and respond to His grace. Through man’s failure and sin, God’s redemptive plan has shown His love clearly, loudly, and personally through the Lord Jesus Christ during His time on earth, especially at the cross where He died for our sins. There is no greater proof of God’s attributes than what we see at Calvary when God placed our sins on His Son, and Jesus paid the price of sin with His life. That was the greatest act of love.
Everything that God created has the ultimate goal of bringing us to glory, so we can share His existence with those who truly love Him. “All things" include creating, sustaining, and sharing all in holy, harmonious fellowship with those who love Him.