In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth (Gen. 1:1). Though it is not explicit in this verse, Scripture teaches that each person of the Godhead played a significant role in creation. Each day of the account given us in Genesis, the Father spoke creation into existence. This means that His word, or Word created all things. In the first chapter of his gospel, the apostle John reveals that this Word is none other than Jesus Christ, God in the flesh (John 1:1-4, 14). Therefore, God the Father created the world through God the Son, His Word.
The Spirit of God is mentioned in Genesis 1:2 as present prior to creation. Job proclaims, the Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
So to put it all together: the Father created the world through His Son by the power of the Holy Spirit.
What ought to amaze us is the fact that our salvation is paralleled with creation. If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation (2 Cor. 5:21a). For God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 4:6). This text reminds us, as my favorite living preacher Paul Washer loves to proclaims, conversion is not a mere human decision, but a miracle of the living God on par with, if not greater, than the creation of the world. In creation the Father, Son, and Spirit created ex nihilo ("out of nothing"). In the conversion of the soul, God takes a dead, evil heart that hates God and refuses to worship and adore Him, changes it, and resurrects it into a living heart that loves God, loves His law, and hates evil.
Praise the Triune God for His mighty creation and salvation!
