PASSIO●XPI● = Passion of Christ TRINITAS● = Trinity A P O S T O L I A D A M ●
Feb 23, 2016
PASSIO●XPI● = Passion of Christ
TRINITAS● = Trinity
APOSTOLI
ADAM●
The Trinity is in
the Gospel
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
--2 Corinthians 13:14
TheShape of
The Gospel
Father
Son Spirit
The Gospel is GodGiving Himself
To be our Salvation
God so loved the worldHe gave his one and only Son…
In the fullness of time,God sent his Son, born of a woman…
God sent the Spirit of his SonInto our hearts, crying ‘Abba!’
In the Gospel,We are Placed
In Christ
The Saving Life of Jesus
DeathBirth Life Resurrection AscensionBaptism
Incarnation
Intersession
We see that our whole salvation and allIts parts are comprehended in Christ.
If we seek any gifts of the Spirit, they will be found in his anointing.If we seek strength, it lies in his dominion.If purity, in his conception.If gentleness, it appears in his birth.If we seek redemption, it lies in his passion.If acquittal, in his condemnation.If remission of the curse, in his cross.If satisfaction, in his sacrifice.If purification, in his blood.If reconciliation, in his descent into hell.If mortification of the flesh, in his tomb.If newness of life, in his resurrection.If immortality, in the same. --John Calvin, Institutes II:16
Every Spiritual Blessing
*He chose us before the foundation of the worldto be holy and blameless.
In the heavenly places
InChrist
*He destined us for adoption as sons*He freely bestowed glorious grace on us*He redeemed us through his blood, forgiving
our sins.*He made known the mystery of his will *He is enacting the plan to bring all things under the headship of Christ*He sealed us with the Spirit of promise, etc.
Run to the Saving Life of Jesus
By God’s doingyou are in Christ,
who became for uswisdom from God,and righteousnessand sanctificationand redemption…
I Cor 1:30
Being “in Christ”is salvation
Getting “in Christ” only happens at
the crossWe have confidence to enter the holy place
by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living waywhich He inaugurated for us through the veil,
that is, His flesh…Hebrews 10:19-20
The Saving Life of Jesus
DeathBirth Life Resurrection Ascension
Where is the Life that Justifies?
Father
Son SpiritGOD
Missions
Incarnation Pentecost
Processions
“A mission is an eternal procession with the addition of a temporal effect.” --Aquinas
Father
Son SpiritGOD
MissionsIncarnate son Poured-out Spirit
Processions
The gospel Trinityis the true image
of the ontological Trinity.
The missions show the processions.
Father
Eternal Son SpiritGOD
Incarnate son
Spirit
In the Gospel,We Get a
Father
In the Gospel,We Get a
Spirit
The Distance Between You and the Saving Life
When is salvation?
Thenand
there?
Hereand
now?
Before the foundation of the world? At the final judgment?
Jesussaves
Jesussaves
Father
Son
HolySpirit
You in ChristChrist in you
Father
Son Spirit
TheShape of
The Gospel
Father
Son Spirit
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
--2 Corinthians 13:14