Overview of God and the Trinity [Sermon]

Timonium, Maryland, USA

April 2024

God the Father

1. The ____________  of God

Isaiah 6:1-5

In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called to another and said:

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;the whole earth is full of his glory!”

4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”

2. The ____________  of God

1 John 4: 8-10.

God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son… as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. ESV

 3. The ____________  of God

Matthew 10:42

And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.”

Jesus Christ

Why Was Jesus Born?

a. To ________________________

John 14:8-9

Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.

b. To show us ________________________

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

c. To show what ________________________

Hebrews 4:15

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

1 Peter 1:18-19 

you were ransomed from the futile ways .. with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.

d. To ________________________

Matthew 20:28

even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Romans 3:25

Whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.

e. To ________________________

1 Cor 15:20-22

But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

The Holy Spirit

John 16:7

Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.

a. God ________________________

Romans 8:9

"You have the Spirit of God living in you.”

b. ________________________  lives.

2 Cor 3: 17-18

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

c. _________________ the future

2 Cor 1:21-22

And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

 

The Trinity

a. The Concept

One __________    in three    ____________

2 Cor 13:14

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

b. One Implication

c. Two Kinds of Illustrations

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