Continuing the series, “Who is this God who calls us into a personal relationship?”, this message explores the profound challenge the first apostles faced in understanding God as a Trinity.
A Journey of Revelation Discover how the apostles, devout Jews who believed God was one, had to completely reframe their theology after their encounters with Jesus and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. This was a process of deep reflection, deliberation, and revelation that took years. We explore how:
• The four Gospels were written by different authors for specific audiences, each reflecting on Jesus’s life and ministry from their unique perspective.
• The apostles had to revisit the Old Testament scriptures, discovering a new understanding of God’s plurality that had been there all along.
• John the Apostle, for example, reinterpreted Isaiah’s famous vision of God on the throne, revealing that Isaiah had seen the glory of Jesus.
The Roles of the Trinity The message concludes by clarifying the beautiful and distinct roles within the Godhead, explaining how we can understand and relate to God as:
• The Father: The Initiator of our salvation.
• The Son: The Mediator who makes the invisible God visible to us.
• The Holy Spirit: The Actuator who makes God’s truth real in our hearts.
This sermon encourages us that getting to know God is a lifelong, exciting journey, and He is more than willing to reveal Himself to us.