God created us to be free, but we are still dependent – we are created for one another (Genesis 1:26-27)įreedom is an essential theme in Bonhoeffer’s exposition. God created us to be free “for God,” not for ourselves as individuals (Genesis 1:26-27) When humans deal with math and numbers, we are engaging in the work of the Creator (Genesis 1:6-10).īeing good comes from God (Genesis 1:11-13) God’s first “pet” was “the day” (Genesis 1:4-5) God was being worshiped when nothing else existed (Genesis 1:1-2) In the first chapter of Genesis we learn the following: As he continues, he reveals much about God’s nature.Īs Bonhoeffer leads us through Genesis 1, he shares the relationship between God and freedom. He emphasizes that Christ is the “cosmic word of God” and speaks from the center of world history.īonhoeffer shares an exposition of the first three chapters of Genesis. In his previous works ( Sanctorum Communio and Act and Being), Bonhoeffer argued that “Christ exists as community.” In Creation and Fall, he makes a shift in his Christology.
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