every hand. We often think of the Father in relation to creation, the Son in relation to redemption, and the Spirit in relation to the application of salvation. However, Scripture attributes all of these works to the Father, in the Son, by the Spirit. In every work of the Trinity, the Father is the source, the Son is the mediator, and the Spirit is the person who brings about within creation the appropriate effect of that living and active word. The Father speaks creation into being (Ge 1:3, 9, 11;