Week 3 — The Trinity

October 30, 2022



Start off by listening to the following story.

 

Listen to (and sing along with, if you’d like) the song “We Believe” by the Gettys.

Discuss:

What do you know from the Bible that proves the point in the diagrams above?

What is the value of getting this accurately in your mind?

 

Listen to this lo-fi recording of the song “You, Lord, Are Both Lamb and Shepherd”.

 

Lyrics can be found just below the following audio player.

You, Lord, are both Lamb and Shepherd.
You, Lord, are both prince and slave.
You, peacemaker and swordbringer
Of the way you took and gave.
You, the everlasting instant;
You, whom we both scorn and crave.

Clothed in light upon the mountain,
Stripped of might upon the cross.
Shining in eternal glory,
Beggared by a soldier’s toss.
You, the everlasting instant;
You, who are both gift and cost.

You, who walk each day beside us,
Sit in power at God’s side.
You, who preach a way that’s narrow,
Have a love that reaches wide.
You, the everlasting instant;
You, who are our pilgrim guide.

Worthy is our earthly Jesus!
Worthy is our cosmic Christ!
Worthy your defeat and vict’ry!
Worthy still your peace and strife!
You, the everlasting instant;
You, who are our death and life.

 

Discuss:

What, to you, is the most profound statement in this song?

 

Pick a reader for the Bible verses below. After each passage is read, have everyone else respond together with the statement “We praise you, O God.”

Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.

1 Corinthians 8:4 There is no God but one.

John 20:17 Jesus said, "I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."

Matthew 28:19 Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

John 14:15-17 Jesus said, “If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you."

Acts 2:38 Repent and be baptized, every one of you ... and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

2 Corinthians 13:14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

 

Watch this video that shows the power of the teaching of the Trinity, made by Glen Scrivener.

 

Discuss (for a few minutes): What does this video make you (a) want to talk about with your group and (b) ask each other to pray about?

 

Finish up with these materials by listening to (and maybe singing along with) the song “Just Because” by JUDAH.

 

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