1 The H oly t rinity june 7 , 2 020 8:00 and 11:00 WELCOME G UESTS If you’re looking for a church home, we hope you’ll consider Redeemer. Check out the faith-strengthening resources on the information cart, the library in the narthex, or www.redeemer-lutheran.net. If you have questions about this congregation or about the Lutheran Church, feel free to ask an usher or the Pastor. Please fill out a fellowship card (found in this worship bulletin or the pew racks) and drop it in today’s collection plate, providing a phone number and e-mail address so that we may serve you better. To offer a special public prayer for those in need or thanksgiving, please fill out a blue “Prayer of Mercy/Thanksgiving” card found in the pew rack. Give the completed card to an usher or place it in the offering plate. Large print versions of this bulletin are available upon request at the Ushers’ station. Thank you for worshiping with us – and, again, welcome! Prayer u pon E ntering Gracious God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in whose name we have been saved through the waters of Holy Baptism, strengthen my trust in Christ’s work on the Cross as I now bow before Your altar of mercy. Open again my ears to Your mighty Word, that I might live this week with a joyful heart. Hear me for Jesus’ sake. Amen. ONE G OD, T HREE P ERSONS, A ND T HE A THANASIAN C REED Since 1334, the first Sunday after the Day of Pentecost, the Christian Church has celebrated the Holy Trinity, the one God in three persons (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). The great mystery of the Trinity (“How can God be one God and yet, at the same time, three distinct persons?”) is revealed in Holy Scripture, but not explained in detail. However, Christians for 2,000 years have been witnesses to the teaching of the Bible and to the reality of the Triune God. Jesus himself clearly reveals that there is one God, yet three divine persons as He commands the church to go, baptizing and teaching: And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:18-19). Jesus here does not command that all nations be baptized in the names (plural) of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, but in the name (singular); one substance and three persons. In connection with this Great Commission, read again the account of Jesus’ own Baptism (Matthew 3:16) where all divine persons work together to initiate the public ministry of the Savior. Other passages of Scripture that reveal the reality of the Holy Trinity include: 1Peter 1:2, 2Corinthians 13:14 and 1Corinthians 12:4-6. In connection with our confession in the Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, the Lutheran Church is one of the few remaining denominations that still believe that the true teaching of Scripture is accurately set down in the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed. While our congregation often confesses the Apostles’ Creed and the Nic ene Creed, the Athanasian Creed is slowly being forgotten, even in “traditional” Lutheran congregations (due to its relatively long length and the strong statements in sentences, 1, 2, 26, and 40). This, despite the fact it is included in the Book of Concord and the object of Martin
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The Holy trinity june 7, 2020 8:00 and 11:00
WELCOME GUESTS If you’re looking for a church home, we hope you’ll consider
Redeemer. Check out the faith-strengthening resources on the information cart, the library in
the narthex, or www.redeemer-lutheran.net. If you have questions about this congregation or
about the Lutheran Church, feel free to ask an usher or the Pastor. Please fill out a fellowship
card (found in this worship bulletin or the pew racks) and drop it in today’s collection plate,
providing a phone number and e-mail address so that we may serve you better. To offer a
special public prayer for those in need or thanksgiving, please fill out a blue “Prayer of
Mercy/Thanksgiving” card found in the pew rack. Give the completed card to an usher or
place it in the offering plate. Large print versions of this bulletin are available upon request at
the Ushers’ station. Thank you for worshiping with us – and, again, welcome!
Prayer upon Entering Gracious God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in whose name we have been saved through the
waters of Holy Baptism, strengthen my trust in Christ’s work on the Cross as I now bow before
Your altar of mercy. Open again my ears to Your mighty Word, that I might live this week
with a joyful heart. Hear me for Jesus’ sake. Amen.
ONE GOD, THREE PERSONS, AND THE ATHANASIAN CREED Since 1334, the
first Sunday after the Day of Pentecost, the Christian Church has celebrated the Holy Trinity,
the one God in three persons (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). The great mystery of the Trinity
(“How can God be one God and yet, at the same time, three distinct persons?”) is revealed in
Holy Scripture, but not explained in detail. However, Christians for 2,000 years have been
witnesses to the teaching of the Bible and to the reality of the Triune God.
Jesus himself clearly reveals that there is one God, yet three divine persons as He
commands the church to go, baptizing and teaching: And Jesus came and said to them, “All
authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Go therefore and make disciples of all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”
(Matthew 28:18-19).
Jesus here does not command that all nations be baptized in the names (plural) of the
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, but in the name (singular); one substance and three persons. In
connection with this Great Commission, read again the account of Jesus’ own Baptism
(Matthew 3:16) where all divine persons work together to initiate the public ministry of the
Savior. Other passages of Scripture that reveal the reality of the Holy Trinity include: 1Peter
1:2, 2Corinthians 13:14 and 1Corinthians 12:4-6.
In connection with our confession in the Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, the
Lutheran Church is one of the few remaining denominations that still believe that the true
teaching of Scripture is accurately set down in the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the
Athanasian Creed. While our congregation often confesses the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene
Creed, the Athanasian Creed is slowly being forgotten, even in “traditional” Lutheran
congregations (due to its relatively long length and the strong statements in sentences, 1, 2, 26,
and 40). This, despite the fact it is included in the Book of Concord and the object of Martin
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Luther’s saying that, “I doubt whether the New Testament church has a more important
document since the Apostolic Age” (Teigen 15).
This morning, we are drawn to the altar and lectern and pulpit to hear the voice of our
Triune God in Holy Scripture. May each of us remember our God’s saving work, and the one
name said over us at our Baptism, and echoed as the worship service begins: In the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Prelude
Opening Verse Pastor: This is the day the Lord has made.
Cong.: Let us rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalm 118:24)
T Preparation T
Hymn The congregation is invited to stand and face the processional cross as it enters the sanctuary
“Holy, Holy, Holy” [LSB hymn 507]
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Stand Confession and Absolution The sign of the cross may be made by all in remembrance of their Baptism
Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Cong.: Amen. (Matthew 28:19b)
Pastor: Beloved in the Lord! Let us draw near with a true heart and confess our sins unto
God our Father, beseeching Him in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to grant us
forgiveness. (Hebrews 10:22)
Pastor: Our help is in the name of the Lord,
Cong.: who made heaven and earth. (Psalm 124:8)
Pastor: I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord,
Cong.: and You forgave the iniquity of my sin. (Psalm 32:5)
Silence for reflection on God's Word and for self-examination
Pastor: O almighty God, merciful Father,
Cong.: I, a poor, miserable sinner, confess unto You all my sins and iniquities
with which I have ever offended You and justly deserved Your
temporal and eternal punishment. But I am heartily sorry for them and
sincerely repent of them, and I pray You of Your boundless mercy and
for the sake of the holy, innocent, bitter sufferings and death of Your
beloved Son, Jesus Christ, to be gracious and merciful to me, a poor,
sinful being.
Pastor: Upon this your confession, I, by virtue of my office, as a called and ordained servant
of the Word, announce the grace of God unto all of you, and in the stead and by the
command of my Lord Jesus Christ I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father