5/30/2021 - The Triune God has Accomplished Our Salvation

First Sunday after Pentecost - The Holy Trinity

Today the Christian Church celebrates that we believe in a Triune God. Triune comes from the Latin Tri (three) and unus (one). Our God is triune because he tells us that he is three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, but only one God. 

Common to the lessons on Trinity Sunday are the interoperation of all three persons of the godhead in our salvation.  It is true that we speak frequently and glowingly of the work of Jesus.  Yet the Father and the Holy Spirit are just as involved, and just as important to our salvation as Jesus is.  

All three lessons explain the inner-working of the triune God in our salvation.  Isaiah's lessons record the angels threefold praise, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord almighty."  Paul's lesson to the congregation in Rome explains that the Holy Spirit has made us children of the Father, and that also makes Jesus our brother.  Finally, Jesus' famous exchange with Nicodemus ends up with arguably the most famous verse in the Bible, "God so love the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him will not perish, but have eternal life" (John 3:16).

We are unconditionally loved by Father, Son and Spirit!  

God bless your worship.

READINGS:

First reading: Isaiah 6:1-8 - The triune God sends Isaiah.

Second reading: Romans 8:12-17 - God's children, co-heirs with Christ, by the Spirit.

Gospel: John 3:1-17 - Jesus teaches Nicodemus God's salvation plan.

Sermon text: John 3:1-17

Sermon theme: “The Trinity’s Holy Love Goes Way Over Our Heads”

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