The Holy Trinity - The 1st Sunday after Pentecost:
Scriptures: Proverbs 8:22-31; John 16:12-15
Key Verse: “He will glorify me because he will take what is mine and declare it to you.” (John 16:14)
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Hello, This is Jade.
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I still remember how confused I was with the term ‘Trinity’ when I heard it the first time. Maybe like you, I tried to understand how one God could be in three persons and how each of the three individual persons had its own uniqueness as one God. Before I could comprehend fully, I had even more questions. Have you ever asked who might be the most important person among these three, the Father, the Son, or the Holy Spirit? Since God is the creator, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are not creatures like you and me. And, shouldn't they coexist from the very beginning of human history, should they?
What fascinates me the most is that God creates humans in ‘their’ image as said in Genesis 1:26. Unfortunately, their image is shattered by the sinful human nature that decided to take its own course instead of staying with God.
The big idea of Christianity for me is about unity. God wants to co-exist with humans eternally just as how the three of them coexisted with each other from the very beginning. God loves humans dearly and decides to do something crazy, which is to ‘merge’ human nature into divine nature. I am not even sure that merge is the theologically correct word, but I will use it for now.
The merging process begins with restoring their image by taking human nature in without losing divine nature, then using both human and divine nature to reset human history. Jesus’ birth, life, death, and resurrection make this merging process possible. God has done their part, the hardest part that only God can do, the labor of their love. Now it’s our turn to continue the merging process and to join the labor of God’s love together which is the most honorable vocation we can do in our lives together.
Let’s take the words of encouragement that St. Paul said in 1 Thessalonians 1:2-5a as our own thoughts and prayers for all siblings in Christ who also are committed to join the labor of God’s love for the sake of unity. So, this is the prayer:
I always give thanks to God for all of you and mention you in my prayers, constantly remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. For I know, you, siblings beloved by God who has chosen you because the message of the gospel came to you and me not in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction.
Thanks be to God, amen.
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