Three in One: The Mystery of the Trinity

Scripture: John 16:12-15

There are two things in the Christian faith that are the most difficult concepts to wrap your mind around. 

The first is eternity – the mere idea of eternity is something that boggles our mind. We have no concept of it, we cannot grasp it – because for our reality – there is always a beginning, and always a middle, and always an ending. But not so with eternity. Yet – the idea of eternal community with God is the cornerstone of the hope we have in Christ. Even though we can scarcely comprehend it.

The second concept that we seem unable to comprehend is the trinity. Seems only fitting that an eternal God would Himself be just as incomprehensible as his longevity. This idea of “three in one.” 

Now before you yawn and go to sleep – I’m not going to attempt to shove all kinds of Trinitarian doctrines down your throat that will probably fall flat – or try to come up with an analogy that will ultimately wind up being a heresy because it can never accurately demonstrate or illustrate the true nature of the trinity – I’m simply going to talk about the trinity in terms of how we experience God, of how God has revealed Himself to us – as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 

Where Are We Headed?

Scriptures: John 14:23-29; Acts 16:9-5; Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5

We Christians tend to live in difficult times. We aren’t part of that early church movement that got to experience the ministry of Jesus, like in our John text, or even experience the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost and how it moved and shaped the early church like it does in our Acts text. Nor are we at the end, seeing the glorious Holy City where God and Christ dwell among us fully and completely – God’s presence in our lives being a tangible reality.

No, instead, we are – somewhere in between. The church has been well-established for over 2000 years. The vision of Revelation 21 and 22 is something that is yet to come.