Our Sacred Roots: The Priesthood of All Believers

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T he S eason after P entecost

Trinity Sunday, First Sunday after Pentecost June 12 - 18, 2022

WEEK 29

On Pentecost we commemorate the descent of the Holy Spirit to earth on Christ’s believers, his infilling of the people of God, the Church. Through him, the third person of the Trinity, Jesus our Lord is now present with his people. The Spirit is the guarantee of the promised inheritance to come. We ponder the fullness and mystery of our God’s person and work in our celebration on Trinity Sunday.

THIS WEEK’S THEME The Great Confession: A Cosmic Story Accept the Sovereign Love of God, 2Timothy 1.8-14

Paul challenged Timothy to not be ashamed of the testimony regarding Christ, nor of his own testimony, though he was his prisoner. Rather, Timothy was to “share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God, who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began” (2 Tim. 1.8-9, ESV). Now Jesus, God’s messiah, has been revealed, the very one “who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel” (v. 10). It was the Father’s sovereign plan to send his Son; it was Jesus’s work to die on the cross and rise again victorious as Lord and King; and it is the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, and we should then guard the good deposit of faith that has been entrusted to us. The Scripture bears clear witness of the triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, acting in history to bring about his purposes for his own glory.