87. Christ, then, is no created being; for “created beings are,” as the Apostle hath said, “given over to vanity.” Rom. viii. 20. Is Christ given over unto vanity? Again, “creation”—according to the same Apostle—“groans and travails together even until now.” What, then? Doth Christ take any part in this groaning and travailing—He Who hath set us miserable mourners free from death? “Creation,” saith the Apostle, “shall be set free from the slavery of corruption.” Rom. viii. 21–22. We see, then, that between creation and its Lord there is a vast difference, for creation is enslaved, but “the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” 2 Cor. iii. 17.