Today is Trinity Sunday, when we celebrate God as revealed in three persons - Creator, Christ, and Holy Spirit. We celebrate our graduates in worship, and Pastor Eric preaches the message A Guide We Can Trust, based on John 16:12-15. Accompanying scripture passages are Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 and Romans 5:1-5.
The incarnation was foundational for the gospel writer John. It might have been easy for John to dismiss the Holy Spirit, or any new understanding of Christianity after Jesus returned to God. However, John chose to hold onto the possibility that the Spirit that Christ gave to us makes possible a “deep understanding of what Jesus means for one’s own time,” says one theologian.
That same Spirit holds together all the disparate and fragmented parts of our lives, fills in all the gaps, owns all the mistakes, forgives all the failures—and loves us into an ever-deeper life with God in Christ. Can we imitate John, and trust the Spirit to hold our whole lives, and guide us as we discern what it means to be followers of Christ today?