Trinity Sunday: Three Ways of Speaking about God
Bible Text: John 3:1-17 | Preacher: Rafael Vallejo
Today is Trinity Sunday . Our sermon focuses specifically on God as Trinity.
Christians as you know speak of God in three ways: as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We believe in one God, not three.
What is important to realize is that it really is not about doctrine but about our experience of God in Jesus that is important here.
Jesus speaks of God in three ways.
Trinity is code for the God we worship. And it is also the story of God’s dream for the world.
Trinity is about the God of resurrection and re-creation and re-conciliation
Trinity doesn’t just tell us about who God is, but about what God does and what God is like!
“Three in one” teaches us to speak about God in terms of relationship and community: first and always. The nature of God is to be in relationship.
We pray it when we say “Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done”. The transformed world ( the kingdom of God) reveals a gracious God who walks among us in Jesus and is present inside us and companions us through the Holy Spirit. This is the God who yearns to draw all of us into relationship and community.
It is who God is. It is what God does. Amen.