Sunday Sermons At Trinity

To be obedient to God, we love and honor our elderly neighbor. Believers need one another; we all can grow from multigenerational involvement, discipleship, and care. - Leviticus 19:32

God’s kingdom ideal is not marriage and family, but wholehearted devotion to God. Whatever our calling in life—single or married, parent or not—God is able to bring fulfillment, purposefulness, and joy to our experience as we are obedient to his call. - Mark 10:17-31

Our hope is not in the performance of our perishing earthly bodies but in eternal life. God uses every person—regardless of shape or size—for his glory. - 1 Timothy 4:1-10

God cares about your mental health. Having a mental health issue is not related to a failure of faith. There is help and hope. - Psalm 42:1-11

The guilt offering is a ritual that draws our attention to the fact that there is no innocent sin. All sin affects our vertical relationship with God and also our horizontal relationships with our neighbors. It is an act of restitution (compensating for the damage we've done). Jesus is a guilty offering on behalf of his people is a satisfactory compensation. The NT frequently looks to Jesus as the Suffering Servant of Isaiah 53 who was wounded for our iniquities and bruised for our transgressions. - Leviticus 5:14-6:7

The sin offering was offered to put an end to the separation between God and man that was the result of sin. Though our sin defiles us, it also makes unclean the place where God's presence dwells. This offering purifies it once more so that God can dwell among his people. In Christ, this means that his sacrifice doesn't just forgive us of our sins but purifies our soul so that God might dwell in us. - Leviticus 4:1-5:13

The peace offering was an gift offered at irregular times and for the purpose of celebrating the health, prosperity and peace we have in God. It was a festive sacrifice shared with others outside the temple. Christ offers up his own body for sacrifice which we remember regularly at a festive meal shared together that Jesus himself first instituted. - Leviticus 3:1-17

The grain offering was a gift given to God on behalf of the worshipper to express their faithfulness and commitment to God as well as their gratitude to him for being forgiven. In Jesus, we are invited to give thanks for all that He has accomplished in bringing about our peace with God. - Leviticus 2:1-16

Since Adam and Eve were first cast out of the Garden, we have been separated from God by sin. The burnt offering was a ritual that was called for wherever the people of God were reminded of sin and living in a world characterized by sin. The animal they offered took their place and their sins were wiped away. This pointed forward to Jesus who was the True burnt offering in whom we worship through confession, receiving forgiveness and devotion. - Leviticus 1:1-17

1 Corinthians 12:1-11 - We are outfitted and empowered by the Spirit of God for His purpose. We each serve in different ways and in different activities with different gifts for one purpose that we might be like a symphony. The Greek word for 'common good' is sympheron which means to bring together for good... but not necessarily our own good. (Ephesians 4:11-13)

A vision of the restored temple which Jesus prophetically applies to individual believers]) - The Spirit of God given at Pentecost to all believers is the fulfillment of God's promise through His Son and realized in the Holy Spirit. The Spirit that descended on Jesus at his Baptism has made His home in everyone who has received Him by faith. - Acts 2:1-13 (Joel 3:28-29; John 7:37-39; Ezekiel 47:1-12

Listen to Zach bring the word on our Annual Youth Sunday.

It is the Father's purpose to make His Son known, loved, honored, praised, and have preeminence in everything. The Spirit of God dwelling in us, convinces us of the truth of who Jesus is, of what he accomplished and what he is now doing so that we might join him in his mission. - John 16:5-15

Jesus' Spirit comes to abide in His followers, love them and make himself known to them by indwelling them as the Holy Spirit. But more than being a comfort because he is with us, Jesus will continue to teach us all things (past, present, and future). - John 14:15-26

Our life of renewal is first and foremost spiritual. We are born of the Spirit of God and in that moment, born into a life of righteousness (justification). Our best attempts at obedience will always fall short of seeing the Kingdom of God. If we want to become our most authentic and true selves the way God intended in His Kingdom, then it begins in surrender and letting God have all of you, even your inmost being. - John 3:1-8

The gift of God's will for our renewal is the clearest sign that God is for us! Believing God is for you and not out to get you is necessary for our renewal and the ground of our trust in Him rather than trust in our flesh! - Romans 8:28-39

We are redeemed and renewed by the Father's plan, accomplished by the Son and applied by the Holy Spirit. What is applied to us is our justification, obedience, indwelling, resurrection, adoption, inheritance and glory. And this is not just a future promise but for this present age! - Romans 8:1-27

For the follower of Christ, the role of the law is not a prerequisite to salvation but a motivation for our sanctification. It convicts and directs us to Christ our redeemer that we might bear fruit that reflects our new nature. - Romans 7:1-25

Romans 6:1-23 - In Christ, we have not been simply 'renewed' at a moment in our past like a mile marker we past on the highway a few miles back. Our renewal is a new way of living and being in which we are dead to sin and grace is an active ingredient, every moment of every day.

Growth cannot happen unless we acknowledge our need for justification which requires our acknowledgement of the depth of our sin. As terrifying as it is to see how pervasive sin is, God's grace abounds more! - Romans 5:12-21