Central to the theology of the Reformation is its doctrine of God. The Protestant Reformers worked to recover the fullorbed biblical understanding of redemption, the heart of which is our Savior's claim that "this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent" (John 17:3). Because of the distinction between the Creator and His creation, we can know God only as He reveals Himself. With Scripture, both the early church fathers and the Protestant Reformers teach us that God reveals Himself through His work in the world, particularly through His acts of creation and redemption. Today, we will look at the revelation of our triune God in His work of creation.
Note that Scripture attributes creation to each of the three persons. In Genesis 1:1-2, for example, we read that the Spirit of God-the Holy Spirit-hovered over the primordial waters at the moment of creation, pointing to His intimate involvement in the seven-day process of making the earth and filling it with life.
In many places, Scripture attributes the work of creation particularly to the Father (see Ephesians 3:9, for instance). However, the references to all three persons of the Holy Trinity and Their involvement in creation show us that while the work of creation may reveal the Father in particular, creation is something all three persons do in common.
This must be so, for if God is one, then each person of the Godhead must be involved in everything that God does. When the Father acts, the Son and the Holy Spirit act as well. Father, Son, and Spirit are identical in Their attributes, so if the Father exercises His omnipotence to create, the Son and the Spirit do so as well because the omnipotence of the Father is the omnipotence of the Son is the omnipotence of the Spirit.
V souvislosti s trinitární povahou stvoření se objevuje představa, že Bůh jediné bytosti realizuje svou vůli skrze tři osoby, které jednají ve shodě. Tato shoda není redukována na jednu z postav, ani není každá z postav redukována na jinou roli v rámci stvoření; každá osoba se podílí na stvoření spolu se zbývajícími dvěma.
- Otec jako iniciátor a centrální původ stvoření
- Syn jako médium a realizátor Boží vůle ve stvoření
- Duch svatý jako participující Pán nad chaosem a původce života
Taková dynamika ukazuje, že Boží jednání ve stvoření není dílem jediné osoby odděleně, ale vzájemně provázaným úkonem Trojice. To potvrzuje, že Bůh je jednotný v charakteru a skutcích, i když jsou tři osoby Boha plně angažovány ve stvořitelském procesu.
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