“Tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me” (Matt 28.10)
40 days of coming and going from Easter to the Ascension
Jesus meets the disciples in Galilee, on “the mountain to which [he] had directed them” (Matt 28.16)
10 days from Easter to Pentecost
Matthew 28:17 NRSV
When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.
*** NS: 1) We live in this tension between faith and doubt, and that’s not a new phenomenon. 2) The Father is worthy of worship. The Son is worthy of worship. The Spirit is worthy of worship.
*** Image: Shield of the Trinity
*** Image: Matthew 28.16-20 with color
In the background:
As you go
As you baptize
As you teach
This is what you are to do:
Make disciples
Recognizing the ongoing presence of Jesus
Make Disciples
Matthew 13:52 NRSV
And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.”
Know the Lord’s Presence
Matthew 18:20 NRSV
For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.”
*** Various images of the Trinity
*** A single image of the Trinity
No Conflict among Persons
Not true Trinitarian thought:
The Father is angry and humanity and wants to destroy them.
The Son pleads for humanity and convinces the Father not to destroy them.
True Trinitarian thought:
Father, Son, and Spirit unite in a commitment to redeem the world.
The Father sends the Son
The Son willingly offers himself
The Spirit is the gift of the Father and Son to believers
*** Image: Trinity
*** NS: The Father, Son, and Spirit are committed to our salvation. The Father, Son, and Spirit are committed to your salvation. God has commissioned us to make disciples and to live in his presence.
