Trinity Sunday 2014

The Holy Trinity

So we still observe this Sunday, though the season that follows is now
termed Pentecost. With the exception of the Old Testament which gives us
the Priestly story of creation our lessons are all rather short today.

2Co 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and
the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all.

God in Three Persons, Blessed Trinity.

The Old Testament Lesson tells of God the Father, the Creator. He spoke
the Word, and it had the power of creation.

Psa 8:1 O LORD, our Lord, your greatness is seen in all the world! Your
praise reaches up to the heavens;

Psa 8:3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon
and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
Psa 8:4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man,
that thou visitest him?
Psa 8:5 For thou hast made him but little lower than God, and crownest
him with glory and honour.
Psa 8:6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;
thou hast put all things under his feet:

Through the Holy Spirit we are one with All the Saints according to the
writer in the Epistle.

And so we come to the Great Commission:

Mat 28:18 Jesus came to them and said: I have been given all authority
in heaven and on earth!
Mat 28:19 Go to the people of all nations and make them my disciples.
Baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,
Mat 28:20 and teach them to do everything I have told you. I will be
with you always, even until the end of the world.

Jesus claims his position in the triune godhead and in doing so passes
the torch to his Disciples and thus to us by default as members of his
body the church.

The Holy Trinity is a rather arcane Theological Precept and rather a
snooze-worthy topic for a Sunday Morning Sermon. I'm not certain how
this set of lessons relates.

Many congregations will sing

Hymn # 413 Cherry Hymnal

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty

How well it will be understood is quite another matter. It too speaks of
creation, praise, the communion of saints, and mystery, God who has
been, is, and ever shall be. Somehow the version we have today is
probably missing a few of the original verses.