Holy Trinity (2)

Welcome Statement

The Trinity is an emergent understanding of Declaring who God is in a creedal way

Holy Spirit Reading - Genesis 1:1-4

Genesis 1:1–5 GNT

In the beginning, when God created the universe, the earth was formless and desolate. The raging ocean that covered everything was engulfed in total darkness, and the Spirit of God was moving over the water. Then God commanded, “Let there be light”—and light appeared. God was pleased with what he saw. Then he separated the light from the darkness, and he named the light “Day” and the darkness “Night.” Evening passed and morning came—that was the first day.

Triune Genesis Reading

Genesis 1:26–30 NRSV

Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.” So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.” God said, “See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food. And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.

Old Testament Point #1

Ruac - Breath of Life

Spirit, participant in Creation

Old Testament Point #2

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I Am reading

John 8:58 NRSV

Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.”

John 8:59 NRSV

So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple. John 18:5-6

John 18:5–6 NRSV

They answered, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus replied, “I am he.” Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them. When Jesus said to them, “I am he,” they stepped back and fell to the ground.

John 18:7 NRSV

Again he asked them, “Whom are you looking for?” And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”

John 18:8 NRSV

Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. So if you are looking for me, let these men go.”

John 18:9 NRSV

This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken, “I did not lose a single one of those whom you gave me.”

Exodus 3:14 NRSV

God said to Moses, “I Am Who I Am.” He said further, “Thus you shall say to the Israelites, ‘I Am has sent me to you.’ ”

Son of Man Reading - Daniel 7:13-14

Daniel 7:13–14 NRSV

As I watched in the night visions, I saw one like a human being coming with the clouds of heaven. And he came to the Ancient One and was presented before him. To him was given dominion and glory and kingship, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not pass away, and his kingship is one that shall never be destroyed.

Reading of The Word - John 1:1-4

John 1:1–4 NRSV

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people.

Reading of the King of Israel

Isaiah 44:6 NRSV

Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.

Reading of The Alpha And Omega

Revelation 22:13–14 NRSV

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.” Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they will have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates.

Reading of the Triune Baptism - Matthew 28:16-20

Matthew 28:16–20 NRSV

Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Closing Statement

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Closing Prayer

Heavenly Father, adfs asdfa

Amen.

Doxology / Benediction / Closing

Hebrews 10:22–25 GNT

So let us come near to God with a sincere heart and a sure faith, with hearts that have been purified from a guilty conscience and with bodies washed with clean water. Let us hold on firmly to the hope we profess, because we can trust God to keep his promise. Let us be concerned for one another, to help one another to show love and to do good. Let us not give up the habit of meeting together, as some are doing. Instead, let us encourage one another all the more, since you see that the Day of the Lord is coming nearer.

Know that this Triune God means that we are infinitely close to our Savior. Jesus Christ is present and real with us and within us. He is more than some spirit, he is incarnational. Our eyes struggle to see that, and that is why he sent the Spirit, to remind us. Share the Good News today, that the Kingdom of God has indeed come near, and resides in our hearts, and in this Body of Christ we call home.

May you Have a Blessed Sunday, and rest of your Week! Amen!