Worship for Today: Our God exists as the three persons of the Trinity!

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him in Ephesians 1:13-14,

 

"You also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession—to the praise of his glory."

 

These two verses reference the Trinity in "Christ", the "Holy Spirit" and simply "God" representing the Father, (see verse 3). Throughout Scripture the three persons of the our great and glorious God are represented in the Trinity without using the term. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Each has a part to play in our salvation and what each accomplishes for us is breath-taking to consider.

 

In this first chapter of Ephesians Paul tells us that "before the creation of the world" the Father chose those who would embrace him in faith, the "faithful" as Paul addresses the Ephesian believers. As believers, the Father predestined we become his children, not just subjects of his kingdom. In this broader passage, verses 3 to 14, Paul tells us the Father has blessed us "with every spiritual blessing in Christ" as he "lavished on us" his grace.

 

Paul tells us that we have our redemption through the blood of Jesus Christ, the One the Father loves. The forgiveness of our sins is ours through the Son and the fulfillment of all things in heaven and on earth will be found under Jesus Christ as the head of everything.

 

Paul also tells us that we were marked by the Holy Spirit when we embraced Jesus Christ in faith, a seal representing a change in ownership and possession. We are marked as God's very own children. The Holy Spirit is the deposit we have received as the guarantee of our inheritance as God's children.

 

All three members of the Godhead, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, each doing his part in God's agenda of salvation to make a people of his own-- his very own family!

 

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd love to hear from you!

Trevor Fisk
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