Our Triune God
The Identity and Attributes of God
February 11, 2024
Rev. Dr. Gabe Sylvia
The sermon teaches that the one true God exists eternally as three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—whose unified work in creation and salvation requires faith, inspires praise and thanksgiving, and calls believers to loving obedience.
Summary
The sermon presents the Trinity as the central and defining truth of the Christian faith: one God in three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—eternally related and unchanging. While the Trinity surpasses human understanding and must be received by faith, Scripture reveals their joint actions from creation onward, and those actions shape how we know and follow God. Consequently, the believer's appropriate response is praise, thanksgiving, and lives of obedient love, closing with prayer that through Christ we may confidently approach God's throne of grace.
Key Points
- The Trinity is the foundational and distinctive truth of true religion: one God in three persons (Father, Son, Holy Spirit).
- The persons of the Trinity are eternal, relational, and unchanging; the doctrine is received by faith rather than fully comprehended by human analysis.
- The 'acts of the Trinity' refer to their unified work in creation and throughout history; even in creation the triune God is one.
- Understanding the Trinity is essential for rightly knowing and following God.
- Each attribute and work of God calls for a response: praise, thanksgiving, and loving obedience.
- The sermon closes in prayer, acknowledging access to God's throne of grace through Jesus Christ.
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