“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. In him was life, and that life was the light of men… He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him… The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
John 1:1-4, 10, 14 NIV

“Yet for us 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.”
1 Corinthians 8:6 NIV

“For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together…”
Colossians 1:13-20 NIV

“In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom 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…”
Hebrews 1:1-3 NIV

The next references make it plain that Christ did not merely have a passing role in creation but was fully responsible for making and fashioning the entire created realm:

“But about the Son he [the Father] says,
‘Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever…
In the beginning, O Lord [Jesus], you laid the foundations of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.
They will perish, but you remain…
But you remain the same,
and your years will never end.’”
Hebrews 1:8, 10-12 NIV

Amazingly, the author of Hebrews has the Father praising his Son for being the Lord who personally created (and actively sustains) the heavens and the earth, and does so by quoting a psalm that speaks of Yahweh’s work in creating the cosmos:

“In the beginning, O Lord, you laid the foundation of the earth;
and the heavens are the work of your hands.
They will perish, but you remain…
But you are the same,
and your years shall not fail.”
Psalm 102:25-27 Septuagint

By attributing this particular psalm to the Son’s role in creation, the writer has effectively identified Jesus as Yahweh, the God who created the entire universe.

Did Yahweh Really Create Everything by Himself?

Not everyone agrees that the logic is sound. Some anti-Trinitarian groups argue that Isaiah 44:24 (in the context of Isaiah 40–48, a polemic against Babylonian idols) does not exclude the possibility of an agent; Yahweh is simply denying that any Babylonian deity helped him.

The problem with this interpretation is that Job 9:8—where the identical claim appears—contains no polemic against false gods. Job is simply affirming Yahweh’s unique status and exclusive acts.

Jesus – the Sovereign Lord of the Winds and Seas

With this background, the significance of Jesus walking on the water (Matthew 14:22-33; Mark 6:45-52) becomes clear:

• Jesus walks on the sea and stills the storm—acts the Old Testament reserves for Yahweh.
• He identifies himself with the words ἐγώ εἰμι (“I AM”), the divine self-designation used by Yahweh.
• The disciples cry out to him as Lord and plead for salvation, exactly as sailors cry to Yahweh in Psalm 107.
• They worship him, confessing, “Truly you are the Son of God.”

Scholarly consensus (conservative and liberal alike—Raymond Brown, the New Jerome Biblical Commentary, evangelical commentators, etc.) recognises that Matthew and Mark present this episode as a theophany: Jesus is manifesting himself as the Yahweh who masters the sea. According to the inspired Word of God, Jesus Christ is God Almighty in the flesh—the eternal Son, the sovereign Maker and Ruler of all creation, the very Lord of the winds and the seas.

Concluding Remarks

The New Testament writers ascribe to Jesus the very functions that the Old Testament emphatically declares belong to Yahweh alone:

• Jesus created and actively sustains the universe.
• Jesus exercises sovereign control over the natural elements, mainly the winds and seas.
• Jesus identifies himself as the great “I AM” who comes to save and quiet the fears of his people.
• Jesus promises to be with his followers always (Matthew 28:20; cf. “Immanuel—God with us,” Matthew 1:23).

The anti-Trinitarian attempts to evade these texts require distorting their plain meaning. When the Scriptures are read straightforwardly and in context, one glorious truth shines forth: Jesus Christ is God Almighty in the flesh.