Love of the Trinity Made Visible

Sermon TextJohn 17:20-26I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me. Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.Cross-referencesDeuteronomy 6:4Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.Ephesians 4:1-6I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call—one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.John 7:39Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.Sermon NotesMain PointChristian unity is the love of the Trinity made visible.Point 1: Trinitarian in Its SourceThe Nature of God (Deuteronomy 6:4): Understanding the distinction between Being and Person.Being: Describes what you are.Person: Describes who you are.God is one Being in three Persons (One "what," three "whos").HANDS Acronym (Evidence for Deity/Trinity):H - HonorsA - AttributesN - NamesD - DeedsS - SeatPoint 2: Missional in Its PurposePoint 3: Bound by God's Glory