“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.” – John 1:1-3
Who created the world?
God, right? Yes, but often times we are more specific. It’s God the Father, right? That’s what we confess in the Apostles’ Creed.
The Trinity
The Trinity is an interesting thing. We really don’t have anything in our experience that is analogous to the Trinity. That is why every analogy we attempt eventually fails and leads us into heresy. (BTW – The Lutheran Satire video at the end of today’s post does a great job of illustrating that…and it’s hilarious.)
Because the Trinity doesn’t isn’t within our ability to fully comprehend we tend to focus more on either the 3 persons of God or the unity of God. In other words, we either tend to focus more the one God doing all things or on the individual attributes of the three persons of God (Father = Creator, Son = Savior, Holy Spirit = Sanctifier).
The Bible, however, teaches the doctrine of the Trinity (three persons, but one God) and so every now and then the Scriptures say something that may throw us for a loop. John 1 is a great example.
The Father created everything, right?
Well, it turns out the Son was there and everything was created through Him. You can also see this in Isaiah 9,
“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” – Isaiah 9:6
Here, the Son is called Mighty God and Everlasting Father, two terms we usually associate with the Father. Jesus is also called “Wonderful Counselor,” though the Spirit is usually referred to as the Counselor.
If you tend to focus on the three persons of the Trinity, passages like these feel odd, yet they are absolutely true.
The Son is the Son, the Father the Father, and the Spirit the Spirit, but the Son is the Father and Spirit, the Father the Spirit and Son, and the Spirit the Father and Son and passages like these reveal that triune nature of God.
So, yes, Jesus is the creator.
…as is the Father and Spirit.
That creator became His own creation for our salvation.
So, let us celebrate the Triune God as we prepare for Christmas.
Lord,
You are the one true God, but also revealed to be three persons. Help me to believe in Your triune nature even when I don’t understand it all.
Amen.
In Christ’s Service,
Pastor Kurt
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