All things were made by him [the Logos]; and without him [the Logos] was not anything made that was made"-- he was the active agent of Jehovah in making all things,--John 1:1-3.
[164]The beginning here referred to could not mean the beginning of God the Father, because he is from everlasting to everlasting and never had a beginning.

(Psalm 41:13; 90:2) The _work_ of Jehovah, however, had a beginning, and his creative work is clearly what is here meant.

The Logos was the first and only direct creation of Jehovah; and thereafter God's creation was performed through his Logos.

This is the thought expressed by the apostle Paul, who says of Jesus: "He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature; for by him were all things created that are in heaven and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; all things were created by him and for him, and he is before all things and by him all things consist."-- Colossians 1:15-17.
[165]As further evidence of Jesus' prehuman existence, we have his own words: "I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me".

(John 6:38) "I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me." (John 8:42) Again: "Before Abraham was, I am".