The Trinity Perspective | Pastor Kami Palmer | Faith Church

I have been looking forward to preaching this

morning this message because it is one that I

have been just sitting in and meditating, living

and breathing myself. I am no great theologian

at all. I love Jesus, and I love to find out

as much of him as I can in my life and to know

him better and better. There is this word, though,

that we hear, and sometimes we hear these things

and think everybody knows just what it is in

the church, and that word is trinity. It's actually

not even a word that's in the Bible, but it conveys

what is in the Bible. So we have the Father,

the Son, and the Holy Spirit. And my goal today

is not to explain the mystery of the Trinity.

In fact, I feel a little trepidation in approaching

it because I feel like it is so beyond my understanding

this relationship of the Father, the Son, and

the Holy Spirit. Yet I want to know it because

the truth is, is that I'm a part of it now. And

so here's what we're going to do this morning.

We're going to quickly just walk through some

verses. I hope you have your Bible because you're

going to need to jot some things down because

I'm not going to take a lot. I want to get us

to a couple of ideas and the table of the Lord

this morning. Because I feel that he's going

to really do something in you as we look at this

understanding of the Trinity that really was

not even an English word until the 13th century.

Obviously, we have the Latin word. It came into

being in the French language, and then in the

13th century became part of the English language.

But I want to begin in Deuteronomy chapter 6,

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and you are, I'm sure, very familiar with this.

Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one. Love

the Lord your God with all your heart, all your

soul, and all your strength. Hear this declaration.

Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God. God is one.

When we look at these titles here, we have the

Lord, which is Yahweh, the Lord, our God. That

name there is actually Elohim, which I love this

because it expresses the Trinity so beautiful.

It is plural in form, singular in meaning. That

name, Elohim, is plural, Father, Son, Holy Spirit,

but in its meaning, it is singular. It is one.

Isn't that beautiful? Right there, we see that

this plural God is yet one God. This is the Trinity.

And we can even see a little bit at work in Hebrews

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chapter 1, where it is saying, this is what God

says about angels and such. And it also says,

this is what he says about the Son, Jesus. And

so God the Father says about the Son, your throne,

O God, will last forever and ever. And so even

in this passage, we see Father God calling Jesus

God. It's plural, yet it's singular. It is this

beautiful mystery that I want us to look at today.

And hear my heart in this. My heart is not that

you go away with some kind of greater knowledge.

My heart is this. I love the passage where, in

the Old Testament, where Isaac, Abraham's son

Isaac, is out in the field, right? His wife,

Rebecca, is on his way to him. And where is he

found? Out in a field in Genesis, meditating.

He had gone out to the field to meditate. Now,

I know sometimes we get a little weird about

that word because of Eastern religions. But can

I just simplify what this means for you? It's

very simple. And here in cow country, we will

understand it. Meditation is to chew the cud.

To meditate is to chew the cud and extract. The

real nutrient from the mental food. That's meditation.

So we're just going to chew on the beauty of

the Trinity to extract what we need, the life

-giving nutrient that we need from it. That is

what I want for you today. Is for you to begin

a process of meditation on the beauty of the

Trinity. And so here I'm going to walk really

quickly. Because I don't want to spend a lot

of time here. But I want you to see. Because

the word is not in there, I want you though to

see where we find the Trinity at work. And it's

at the very beginning in Genesis chapter 1, at

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the creation of the world. In the beginning,

God, Elohim, plural yet singular, created the

heavens and the earth. The earth was... formless

and empty, darkness over the deep, and the Spirit

of God was hovering. And God said, and what do

we know from John chapter 1? Jesus is the Word.

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Jesus, and it is, and we're going to see this,

that Jesus, as the Word, holds it all together,

this world. It's powerful. From the very beginning,

it took the three in one to create the heavens

and the earth. In Matthew 3, we see the baptism

of Jesus. So we see the Son of God himself being

baptized. We see the heavens being opened and

the Father affirming, this is my Son. And we

see the Holy Spirit coming down as the dove.

We see the three in one at work at the baptism.

In Acts chapter 7, we have the first martyr,

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Stephen. And Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit,

it says in Acts 7. And so is he alone in this

moment? No. The Trinity is surrounding him in

his martyrdom. Did it mean he got rescued? Did

it mean he didn't get stoned? It sure didn't.

He surely did die at the hands of man. But in

it, he's surrounded by the Trinity. He's full

of the Holy Spirit. And he looks up and he sees

into heaven the glory of God and Jesus standing

at the right hand of God. Can you imagine being

surrounded by the Trinity? The three in one.

In Ephesians chapter one, you'll see if you take

time to read through that passage, you will see

the Trinity at work here. You'll see that the

Father chooses us. You will see that Jesus redeems

us. And you will see that you are sealed by the

Holy Spirit. Our deposit guaranteeing our inheritance.

You see the three in one at work in Ephesians

1. In Galatians 4, and we're going to be breaking

this down in a moment, but in Galatians 4 it

says, when the set time had fully come, God sent

his son, born of a woman under law, to redeem

those under the law that we might receive adoption

to sonship. Because you are his sons, God sent

the spirit of his son into our hearts. The spirit

who calls out Abba Father. We see the three in

one. And in our last commission in Matthew 28,

before Jesus is ascended, what do we have? Go

and make disciples of all nations, baptizing

them in? The name of just Jesus? No. The Father,

the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The three in one.

It's such a beautiful relationship. I found it

interesting. How many of you have heard of Nikki

Cruz? I'm just trying to get a picture here.

Okay. I feel like it's all of us older ones.

How many of you have heard of David Wilkerson?

More of you. Okay, if you have not read the book

or seen the film, The Cross and the Switchblade,

you should do that this week. The Cross and the

Switchblade. Nikki Cruz was led by David Wilkerson

to the Lord in New York. Nicky Cruz was one of

the most, he was a leader of one of the most

violent gangs in New York. Radically changed

by the gospel of Jesus Christ through David Wilkerson's

ministry. Nikki Cruz went on to write, you may

not, many of you may have heard the cross and

the switchblade. See, all of you young people,

this is the stuff that Darren and I were fed

upon when we were in youth group. This is what

you did in youth group back in the early 90s,

late 80s. You watched the cross and the switchblade,

then you went out on the streets. He went on

to write a book called The Magnificent Three.

I have not read the book, but I'm going to quote

a little bit out of it today. And Nicky Cruz,

notorious gang leader, said this about the Trinity.

Something has emerged in my walk with God that

has become the most important element of my discipleship.

It has become the thing that sustains me, that

feeds me, that keeps me steady when I am shaky.

I have come to see God, to know him, to relate

to him as the three in one. God as Trinity, God

the Father, the Savior, and Holy Spirit. He has

given to me over the years a vision of himself

as three in one. And the ability to relate to

God in that way is the single most important

fact of my Christian growth. Can you imagine

coming off the streets as a major gang leader

in New York City? Your spiritual growth that

you would go through. He describes as this, God

is magnificent father. God is a magnificent savior,

Jesus Christ. But if it were not for the magnificent

Holy Spirit, I would still be a wretched, hateful

sinner. It is not enough. Catch this, that he

said. To have a Father God who loves and provides

for me, it is not even enough to have a Savior

who died for my sins. For any of those blessings

to make a difference in our lives, there must

also be present in this world the third person

of God, the Holy Spirit. And so often the American

church has been guilty of saying the Holy Spirit

is okay if you go to a back room to encounter

him when he is part of the Godhead, the three

in one. He is no less important than God the

Father. He is no less important than Jesus the

Savior. He is Holy Spirit. And Jesus left and

was ascended that the Holy Spirit might come.

We need Holy Spirit. We need not two in one.

We need three in one. Amen? And so as we are

looking at how the Trinity relates both with

one another and with creation, us, let's take

just a quick overview. This is not exhaustive

at all. I just want us to get a little picture

of how they begin to relate with one another,

and we have it beginning with God the Father.

God the Father. In 1 Corinthians 11, it says

that God the Father is the head of Christ. He

is the head of Christ. This is the mystery to

me of the Trinity because they are all God, yet

they all have these roles. I believe we see these

roles because it begins to teach us earthlings.

How to relate. And we do relate to God the Father

in an authoritative manner. He is. The Father

is the one that carries authority, doesn't he?

And so the Father in the functioning of Jesus'

ministry on earth operated in an authoritative

way. That is his role. And so God the Father

is authority. God the Father is the one that

sent the Son. He's also the one who sends the

Holy Spirit. We read this in Galatians 4. At

the right time, God sent the Son, didn't he?

So he's the sender of the Son, but also in John

14, Jesus said this. I will ask the Father. Isn't

that interesting? Even Jesus says, Asking the

Father, and he will give you another advocate

to help you and be with you forever. The Spirit

of truth. But the advocate, the Holy Spirit,

whom the Father will send in my name, will teach

you all things and remind you of everything I

have said. And so even Jesus is recognizing that

the Father, is the one that sends both himself

and the Spirit. We're going to see this more

when we look at the role of the Son. But the

first thing that we know that is the most obvious

role of the Son in the Godhead is our Redeemer,

right? Why did the Father, the Father's kind

of the architect of the plan, and so he sent

the Son. Why did he send the Son? Just to teach

us how to be good people? No. He's the Redeemer.

He's the one that was offered up as the sacrifice.

We read it there in Galatians 4, that he came

to redeem us under the law that we would receive

adoption. It is the primary thing he redeems.

I love, though, the other thing that the Son

does. And that is that the Son reveals the Father.

The Son reveals the Father. I think this is so

beautiful. And I want to encourage you, if you

haven't been memorizing one of these verses in

here, I should surely encourage you to meditate

on it and memorize it this week. But there are

three verses here that portray such a beautiful

thing that Jesus does in revealing the Father.

John chapter 1, no one has ever seen God, verse

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18, but the one and only Son. And here is that

interesting mystery. Who is himself God. And

so nobody has seen God but Jesus. Who is God.

And is in closest relationship with the Father.

Has made him known. Has made him known. You know

you can't see God. But Jesus walked this earth

to reveal the one that he's in closest relationship

with, the Father. Later on in John 17, he said,

I have revealed you, he's talking to the Father,

I have revealed you to those whom you gave me

out of the world. This is one of his purposes,

revealing the Father. In Hebrews 1, and it says

there at the beginning in verse 1, in the past,

God spoke, Old Testament, God spoke to our ancestors

through the prophets at many times in various

ways. This is the only way they knew God was

through the prophets of old. In verse 2, it says

this, though. But in these last days, he has

spoken to us, not by the prophets, by the Son,

whom he appointed heir of all things, and through

whom he also made the universe. There at the

beginning, remember, Jesus was at the beginning.

Jesus was not created to be our sacrifice. Jesus

was and is and forever will be. And then there's

this beautiful verse three. The son is the radiance

of God's glory and the exact representation of

his being. sustaining all things by his powerful

word. That would be a great verse to memorize.

The stuff that you deal with, what it does and

what the enemy would want to do through the stuff

you're dealing with. And listen, I'm not minimizing

the stuff you're going through because we all

go through stuff and it's hard. But see, the

enemy uses your stuff as an excuse to get your

gaze lowered, to get weight pushed down on you,

for you to begin to be oppressed, and to forget

where you come from, who you belong to, and who

you're in relationship with. And it's verses

like this that should lift up your gaze. Throw

off the oppression because the son is the radiance

of God's glory, the exact representation of his

being. He sustains all things of this world and

your world by the powerful word that is him.

The enemy would want you to forget that. He would

want you to forget that the one who holds the

universe together by his powerful word holds

your universe together, who holds your family

together, your job, your struggle with sin, your

struggle to overcome. He sustains you. He holds

you together. The minute we think we're holding

ourselves together, we lose it. It's a beautiful

thing what Jesus does. It is more than just the

redemption of the world. It's the revelation

of the Father to us. The Father he's trying to

unite us to. It's hard to be united to a God

whom we cannot see. So Jesus reveals this God

whom he has redeemed us to. He's also in this

showing us his interaction, how to interact with

this God, the Father. And in John 14, he says

that the world may learn, because we have to

learn it, that I love the Father and do exactly

what my Father has commanded me. We see this

interaction with the Father, relationship and

obedience. In chapter 5, he says this, the son

can do nothing by himself. He can only see what

the father is doing. Because whatever the father

does, the son does. He's revealing an interaction

with God because this is our interaction with

God. He's teaching us. that we might learn what

it is to interact with this Father of ours, whom

we have been adopted into because of his redemption.

The last thing here that I want us to focus on

with Jesus is that he's the baptizer. Now, we

read that the Father sent the Holy Spirit, but

here we read that Jesus is the one. John the

Baptist said in Matthew chapter 3, there is one

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coming, right? And he's saying he is going to

baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

This is the role of Jesus. He baptizes with the

Holy Spirit and with fire. So if you need a little

more Holy Spirit, if you need a little more fire

in your life, the Son wants to give you more.

He wants to give you a fresh dunking. Dunking

in there. I'll take all the dunk and he thinks

I need, right? I need a little more. This world

and the enemy tries to throw water on your fire.

And Jesus is ever ready to ignite it. He doesn't

care about water on you. We learned that from

Elijah the prophet. No, it was Elisha. He came

and dumped all that fire or that water on the

offering. And then he called down fire and it

came and consumed. It doesn't matter what this

world and the enemy is trying to douse you with.

The fire of Jesus can consume it. And so if you're

in this place today and you're saying, man, I

feel like I've just been dumped on. I feel like

I've been doused. With weariness, with doubt,

with struggle, with depression. Jesus will come

and he will baptize you in the spirit and with

fire. Jesus does a lot, doesn't he? Now, the

Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit. I love the Holy

Spirit and what he does. And this is what Nicky

Cruz got, I think. In John 15. Verse 26. It says,

when the advocate, the Holy Spirit, comes, whom

I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit

of truth who goes out from the Father. Wow, we

really need the Spirit of truth, don't we, today?

He, the Spirit, will testify about me. This is

the beauty of the, this is why they are so interdependent,

the Trinity. Because now we have the Holy Spirit

who reveals Jesus. We have the Holy Spirit who

testifies of the Son. And then it goes on, because

how does the Holy Spirit testify? Can we see

the Holy Spirit? We can see it manifested through

us. Does the Holy Spirit just start talking into

the air? No, the next part of that verse says

this. And you also must testify. For you have

been with me from the beginning. You've been

with Jesus. And the role of the Holy Spirit through

the church, through you and me, is to testify.

of the Savior, Jesus. It's such a beautiful interdependence,

and we see in this passage that we've been brought

in to this interdependence. The invitation has

been given, and he said, hey, the Holy Spirit

has to testify, but guess what? He needs you

to do it through. He needs you to be part of

the testifying. This is such a beautiful thing

that it's saying, hey, come on. The work of the

Trinity, you're now, as sons and daughters, you're

now part of. The interdependence of the Father,

the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Praise the Lord.

I'm excited to be part of this interdependent

relationship. And we see it in such a beautiful

way in 2 Peter chapter 1. Oh, man. You guys,

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you got to like just sit in this verse this week.

We see in verse 3. His divine power. That word

power is dunamis power. It's the same power we

see in Acts chapter 2. The power of the Holy

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Spirit. And so, his divine power, that of the

Holy Spirit, we see this part of the Trinity

at work, has given us everything we need for

godly living. Oh. And this is what Nikki Cruz

was talking about. How do I go from being the

leader of the most violent gang in New York to

become a Christ follower living godly? The divine

power of the Holy Spirit. He's given us everything

for godly life through our knowledge of him who

called us by his own glory and goodness. Through

these he has given us his very great and precious

promises. So that through them you, okay, everybody

ears, you're open. So that you may participate.

Everybody say participate. Okay. In the divine

nature. Just meditate on that for a little while.

You feel like life is falling apart. You need

to remember. You need to remember what you're

participating in. The divine nature. Okay, do

you want to know what participate means? It's

simple. It means to be. It means. It means to

come into existence. So think about that for

a minute. The divine nature. We are able to come

into existence in the divine nature. are invited

in not just to know about not just to admire

this three in one we have been granted access

to become part of that relationship of God the

Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. This

is not some junior high clique where everybody

else gets to participate with God the Father,

God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. He has

opened the door to whomever should desire to

participate in the divine nature, should become

part of, to become one with. And if you think

about those high school cliques, those junior

high cliques, and we think that we age out of

that, we don't. I'm shocked when I hear pastors

talking about it at district council. Darren

and I are very intentional at district council.

We'll try to like find two people sitting alone

that we don't know to go and meet. But you will

find some of that even there. We don't always

outgrow that. See, the enemy wants you to think

that you're the exception. That everybody else

is invited and wanted into the divine nature.

When the truth is, is that he has come and given

his life for each one of you sitting in the seat.

Not one excluded. His desire is for each and

every one of us to become part of the existence

of the divine nature. Having escaped the corruption

in the world caused by evil desires. We live

in this world, but friend, we are not of it.

We are not of it. We're part of the divine nature.

One of my favorite sermons to preach was that

our ordinary should look different, right? Our

ordinary should not be just ordinary. And I love

that idea because this is why we are part, we

have become part of the divine nature. And so

the things of this world, man, we let them have

power over us because we forget. If I am focused

on relationship, on being with the Father, the

Son, and the Holy Spirit, why do I allow things

in my life that would cause me separation from

them? And yet we do. It isn't just that God is

saying, hey, I want you to quit doing this and

this and this. I don't want you to have fun in

life. What he's saying is, no, hey, let's get

rid of the stuff in life that caused division

from the divine. That caused division from being

part of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

This is the Holy Trinity. And it's not just a

doctrine. This is our life. It's more than just

a mystery. It is our God. This is our God. We

said that out of Isaiah today. This is our Elohim,

three in one. And the sooner we have revelation

of what it is to know that communion, the easier

it is to walk through the pitfalls of this life.

It's a lot less easy to get tripped up in sin

when we know what it'll cost us relationship

with the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

In John chapter 16, Jesus is beginning to set

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the stage for the disciples. And one of the things

he says is a time is coming. And in fact, it

has come when you will be scattered, each to

your own home. And you will leave me all alone,

he said. And then he says this one sentence that

I think portrays the power of the Trinity. Yet

I am not alone, for my Father is with me. Why

was Jesus able to face betrayal and such mutilation

of the flesh and the nailing on the cross and

being forsaken, knowing he was going to be forsaken

by the Father? This, I feel like, understanding

the interdependence of the Trinity helps us to

understand what was really happening on the cross.

And when Jesus said, if it's possible, let this

cup pass from me, I don't necessarily think it

was what he was going to go through physically,

as hard as that is. I think he knew there was

going to be a moment on the cross when he took

my sin. And because he took my sin, the Father's

gaze turned away from him. And in that moment,

The unity of the Trinity was broken because of

my sin. So that I could come into the Trinity

relationship. I think that's what Jesus was dreading.

That moment of separation because of sin. There's

an interdependence. This is a relational. Trinity.

They are interdependent in their working with

one another for you and for me. They don't operate

of their own accord. They operate interdependently.

And see, a lot of cultures can understand that

because a lot of cultures are community -based.

But see, we're not. We are an independent culture.

We don't like to have to rely on other people.

I know this because so many of you love to give

to other people, but when it comes time to receiving

from other people, it's very hard. It hurts our

pride. And what does that speak of? Independence.

We are an independent culture. There is never

a time when the Trinity will not be interdependent.

And that means there will never be a time that

we are able to be independent of it. We will

always, always, always need to be dependent upon

the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. And

so this morning, as we've become partakers, as

we have come into existence with this relational,

interdependent interaction of the Trinity, I

could think of no better place to really align

ourself that than the table of the Lord. And

so this morning, the ushers are going to come,

and they're going to begin to distribute the

bread and the cup. And as they do, often when

we take a communion, we think of the Savior,

Jesus. But what did Jesus say on the night he

was betrayed? He said, as often as you do this,

do what? Remember me. But when we think about

how much the Father played into the redemption

of humanity, when we think of how much the Holy

Spirit is required, when we think, you cannot

think about one without it being all three. Because

they're not separate. They are God the Father,

God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. To remember

Jesus is to remember the Father whom we've been

brought into adoption with. To remember Jesus

is to remember that he has baptized us with the

Holy Spirit. Interdependent. And as we come to

this table today, we are coming. Remembering

not just Jesus, but remembering the Father, the

Son, and the Holy Spirit. And in a moment here,

as I've been praying for this morning, I felt

the Lord as we are about to partake of communion.

I felt him give me a verse. Our response today

to this word is going to be taking the bread

and the cup and allowing the word of the Lord

to begin to wash over us. Because there are some

in here where you did come in very heavy, very

burdened, carrying maybe deep grief or deep sorrow.

And this morning, I believe that he has a word

to release over you that is going to enable you

to walk out these doors and keep walking and

to keep getting up and to keep getting up and

to keep getting up. And as much as we are loving

one another, one another is not enough. We need.

the divine Godhead. We need the Father, we need

the Son, and we need the Holy Spirit. Amen? And

so, in these moments, and if one of the ushers,

when you're done, I still need some communion,

please. These moments, I want you to begin to

let the, as the old song says, the things of

earth grow strangely dim. And I want you just

to turn your gaze to this Godhead that you are

a part of. And as you do, the passage that I

felt him give me to read over you is from Isaiah

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chapter 40. And I want you just put away your

notes, put away your Bibles, put away your phones.

I want you just to hold the cup and the bread.

And I want you to hear the words of the Lord

from Isaiah 40. Comfort. Comfort my people, says

your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem and proclaim

to her that her hard service has been completed.

That, I'm going to add this, through Jesus, her

sin has been paid for. There's no more striving.

There's no more attempting. It's been paid for.

Be comforted today in that. She has received

from the Lord's hand double for all her sins.

A voice of one calling in the wilderness, prepare

the way for the Lord. Make straight in the desert

a highway for our God. Every valley shall be

raised up, every mountain in your life and hill

made low. The rough ground shall become level.

rugged places a plain and the glory of the Lord

will be revealed and all people will see it together

for the mouth of the Lord has spoken a voice

says cry out and I said what shall I cry All

people are like grass and all their faithfulness

like the flowers of the field. The grass withers,

the flowers fall because the breath of the Lord

blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The

grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word

of our God endures forever. You who bring good

news to Zion go up on a high mountain. Bring

good news to Jerusalem. Lift your voice with

a shout. Lift it up. Do not be afraid. Say to

the towns of Judah, here is your God. Here is

your Elohim. Three in one. See, the sovereign

Lord comes with power. And he rules in your life

with a mighty arm. His reward is with him and

his recompense accompanies him. He pays back

to you. He rewards you for everything your sin

stole from you. He tends his flock like a shepherd.

He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries

them close to his heart. Listen to this, parents.

He gently leads those that have young. Man, take

a deep breath. He leads you gently with all your

young children. And then here is your God. Your

problems, your mountains seem so high, but listen

to this. Who has measured the waters in the hollow

of his hand? Or with the breadth of his hand

marked off the heavens? in a basket or weighed

the mountains on the scales and the hills in

a balance? Who can fathom the spirit of the Lord

or instruct the Lord as his counselor? Whom did

the Lord consult to enlighten him and taught

him the right way? Who was it that taught him

knowledge or showed him the path of understanding?

Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket.

They are regarded as dust on the scales. He weighs

the islands as though they were fine dust. My

friends, your problem is not too big for your

God. Lebanon is not sufficient for altar fires,

nor its animals enough for burnt offerings. For

him all the nations are as nothing, and they

are regarded by him as worthless and less than

nothing. This is God the Father, God the Son,

God the Holy Spirit. You are partakers of this

God. With whom then will you compare God, Elohim?

To what image will you liken him? A metal worker

casts it. A goldsmith overlays it with gold and

fashions silver chains for it. A person too poor

to present such an offering selects wood that

will not rot. They look for a skilled worker

to set up an idol that will not topple. But there

is no one that can be compared to God but Jesus.

It is Jesus. Hallelujah. Do you not know? Have

you not heard? Has it not been told to you from

the beginning? Have you not understood since

the earth was founded? He sits enthroned above

the circle of the earth and its people are like

grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like

a canopy and spreads. Introduces the rulers of

this world to nothing. No sooner are they planted.

No sooner are they sown. Nor sooner do they take

root in the ground. Then he blows on them and

they wither. And the wind sweeps them away. To

whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?

Says the Holy One. Lift up your eyes and look

to the heavens. Who created all these? brings

out the starry host one by one and calls forth

each of them by name. Don't you want to know

what God has named them? I would love to know

that. Because of his great power and mighty strength,

not one of them is missing. Why do you complain,

Jacob? Why do you say, Israel, my way is hidden

from the Lord. My cause is disregarded by my

God. Listen, I felt this, that some of you today

have been asking this. God, why is my way hidden

from you? Why have you disregarded me, God? And

here's his answer. Do you not know? Have you

not heard? The Lord... is the everlasting God,

the everlasting Elohim, the three in one, the

creator of the heavens, the ends of the earth.

And he will not grow tired or weary. His understanding

no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary

and increases the power. love that verse. This

is like the theme for the older people, this

passage. But listen, it is not just for the older

people because we live in a day and age when

our young families are exhausted from running

here and there and everywhere and trying to keep

up. Even, it says, youths grow tired and weary.

And young men stumble and fall. Young people,

even you, grow tired, you grow weary, you stumble

and you fall. But here's the good news for you.

When you do stumble and fall, when you do grow

tired and weak, here's the good news. Those who

hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They

will soar. like eagles. They will run and not

grow weary. They will walk and not be faint.

Hallelujah. Hallelujah. And the enemy wants you

to think you're too tired to run anymore. The

enemy wants you to think you've stumbled and

fallen too much. Listen, get your hope in God

the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

Get your hope in Him. He will not let you fall.

He will cause you to soar. like an eagle. He

will cause you to run and not be faint. And so

we come to the table of the Lord and we take

the bread, the body of Christ. And as we take

the body of Christ, we say, Lord, I have felt

disregarded. I have felt overlooked. I have felt

like I haven't been seen by you. But as I hold

this body, as I hold this broken body, I hear

the truth that it is for me that you died. You

saw me and you died on the cross. You saw me

in my life and my stuff and you died on the cross

for me. You took my sins for me. And Father,

we thank you that you sent the Son. We thank

you for sending him to redeem mankind. Jesus,

we thank you for walking in obedience to the

Father, even death upon a cross. And Holy Spirit,

thank you that you have revealed to us our Redeemer,

that you have empowered us in godliness. And

so we remember Jesus and the Father and the Holy

Spirit and with joy we partake this morning.

Let's do that together. And as we take the cup,

the blood, for every covenant that was made in

the Bible, blood was shed. Blood is what sealed

the covenant. And this morning, as we hold the

sealing of this covenant, your shed blood on

the cross. Our hearts are full of thankfulness.

into the divine nature, into the relationship

of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is tied in

through the shed blood of Christ. There's no

undoing it. You made a way for me to be part

of this divine nature and you did it through

your blood. You did it in such a way that that

cannot be broken. And so we stand in confidence

and boldness in the throne room as partakers

of the divine nature because our trust is not

in our own selves, in our own works, in our own

independence. It is in the blood of Jesus. Let's

partake of this blood together, the shed blood.

Praise the Lord. Can you just stand with me?

We're going to worship for a few moments here

before we leave. I don't know about you. Every

time I think of the Trinity now, I just get so

overwhelmed by the power of it and the fact that

they want me to be part of them, that the Father

wants me to be part, that the Son wants me to

be part, and that the Holy Spirit wants me to

be in relationship with them. You are not alone.

You are not alone. You are surrounded. by this

beautiful Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Let's worship them for just a moment.