"Maker of Everything"

"All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made." (John 1:3 KJV)

  "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." (Genesis 1:1 KJV)

  At this point of the conversation, I don't really think that I need to say much more than what has already been said; if there is something here that is missing from the evidence, I'm pretty sure, anything, most likely includes heaven and earth! But, for the sake of anyone that might be a skeptic, let's see if there is some sort of other explanation for this to be a contradiction in the text. However, I believe that John started his dissertation with, "In the beginning," to associate the reader with the beginning of creation, as written! 

  Again, I must make mention of the fact that this is not the common belief in many Christian churches. If you were to ask the average Christian who created heaven and earth, they would simply say that it was God. If you happened to inform them that the Creator of all things was Jesus Christ, they might look at you a little sideways, and ask you where you came up with that information. You could point to this verse in John 1:3; but chances are, even as I speak, they would somehow say that this verses is speaking about God, whom the Word was with, not about the Word that was with God. 

  In that case, I would venture to say, I think you might have skipped over a very important part of the last message: "And the Word was God!" There is only One God! To which, the NWT has that particular wording, "and the Word was a god," which is highly rejected by those that know how to interpret the Scriptures. The J.W. organization believes there's is the proper interpretation because no article appears before God, as if it should clearly say, "the God." The problem with that comparison, is that every other reference to God would also need to follow the same principle; throwing off many of the New Testament writings, such as Romans 1:7, where Paul says, "To all that be in Rome, beloved of God." 

  As to the point made about the cross, the bulls-eye point out about how it even matters. You most likely have not heard, but there was a time for the cross to be used for execution, and it was not before, and it was not used after; the stake was more exclusive, and was more popular for executing people, whether they were left there to die or set on fire. According to history, the Romans discover the cross technic why conquering a country that used it; they perfected it and it became known as one of the most brutal ways to be put to death. 

  If this is taken to be part of every thing, then it would make sense that Jesus was instrumental in the making of the cross that He would die upon. Not to be weird or anything, but that is a pretty strange assumption to make, don't you think? "Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy." (Isaiah 54:16 KJV) Then again, it really does make perfect sense...

"He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth." (Isaiah 53:7-9 KJV)