The Father and Son in Creation by Editor

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Dec 2, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 46.

The Father and Son in Creation

By Editor

A CORRESPONDENT asks an explanation of the following question:—

"How could Christ and God each be makers of all things as referred to in Heb. 1:2 and John 1:1-3."

By the common law that the acts of an agent are the acts of his principal. God created all things by or through Christ. Mr. Jones, it is said, has built him a new house, and yet he has not done any of the work, but has intrusted it all to Mr. Brown, a builder. It would be correct to say, Mr. Jones has built him a new house, or Mr. Brown has built Mr. Jones a new house. Both would be true. The former is the efficient cause, the latter was his agent. The Father and Son were also one in the work of creation, in a way which we cannot understand. It was the work of both, it was the work of each.