The Mystery and The Mission
June 12, 2022
Church of the Servant
Trinity Sunday - Year C John 16:12-16 Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon (The second link below includes both the Gospel reading and the Sermon.)
Catching the Spirit!
May 30, 2021
Church of the Servant, Wilmington, NC
Trinity Sunday – Year B
John 3:1-17
Illuminating the Triune God
May 31, 2015
Christ Church Episcopal, Norcross, GA
Trinity Sunday
Isaiah 6:1-8; Romans 8:12-17; John 3:1-17
(Gospel text is provided at the bottom of this post)
So, here we are – it’s Trinity Sunday. The day we celebrate and attempt to get some kind of understanding of the Three-in-oneness of God. This understanding of God is what differentiates us as Christians. It’s a unique understanding, and was a difficult and controversial concept for early Christians.
You see, central to the Hebrew tradition was a belief in one God. At the time of Jesus, this was unique to the Jews. They were in the midst of the Gentiles, who worshiped many gods. The Greeks and Romans had different gods, each having dominion over different parts of the world: Zeus, Poseidon and Hades; and numerous other gods and goddesses that people believed in and worshiped.
So, what set the Hebrew people apart was their devotion to One God who created and was God of ALL things. The first commandment makes it clear: “I am the Lord your God who brought you out of bondage. You shall have no other gods but me.”
But something happened when Jesus came into the world. Our understanding of God changed. Jesus was an incarnation of the divine. And with this incarnation, the understanding of the oneness of God had to shift.
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