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“Remembering What Is Often Forgotten About Pentecost (TRINITY)!”
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Scripture: Acts 2, Matthew 28: 19-20, 1 Corinthians 12: 4-6, 2 Corinthians 13:14 John 14
Summary:
In this insightful and foundational sermon, Pastor Timothy Brassell challenges us to move beyond a fragmented view of God that emphasizes one Person of the Trinity over the others. Instead, he calls us to embrace the full relational unity of the Triune God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in our worship, discipleship, and daily life.
Drawing from Acts 2, John 14, and the Nicene Creed, Pastor Tim calls the Church back to honoring God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, indivisible and fully unified. He reminds us that Pentecost is not merely about the Holy Spirit’s arrival; it’s about encountering the whole God in unified action. When we divide the Trinity, we distort the gospel and hinder our spiritual growth. But when we hold the Persons of God together, we see clearly, live rightly, and worship fully. This is a call to deeper reverence, relational intimacy, and Christ-centered living empowered by the Spirit.
Key Themes & Highlights:
1. The Trinity in Full Unity 🔺💞
- Theme: The Church often emphasizes one Person of the Trinity over the others, but true worship involves knowing and honoring God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, united not divided.
- Discipleship Question: Are you growing in relationship with the whole Triune God, not just a “part” of Him? Are you remembering that He doesn’t come in parts but in Whole?
- #WholeGodWorship
2. The Forgotten Side of Pentecost 🔥🔄
- Theme: Pentecost is more than the Holy Spirit’s outpouring; it’s an encounter with the entire Trinity, working in love and mission.
- Discipleship Question: How can you celebrate the full presence of the Trinity in your spiritual life this week?
- #TrinitarianPentecost
3. God Revealed Through Relationship 👨👦👦💬
- Theme: God reveals Himself through the relationship of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—not abstract doctrines, but living, loving Persons.
- Discipleship Question: How does viewing God as relational impact the way you relate to others?
- #GodIsRelationship
4. True Doctrine is Like Glasses 🤓📖
- Theme: Sound doctrine isn’t just theology; it’s a gift from God to help our broken minds see Him more clearly, like corrective lenses.
- Discipleship Question: Are you viewing doctrine as a tool for clarity or as a burden?
- #DoctrineAsGlasses
5. God Is Not Distant—He’s Hidden for Our Good 🌫️❤️
- Theme: God’s hiddenness (especially through the Holy Spirit) is intentional. It protects our free will and invites pursuit.
- Discipleship Question: How can you respond with trust even when God seems silent?
- #HiddenButPresent
6. Worship the One, Not Just the Parts 🙌💠
- Theme: Dividing God into Father-only, Jesus-only, or Spirit-only leads to spiritual confusion. Worship must be holistic.
- Discipleship Question: In what ways can your worship better reflect the unity of the Trinity?
- #UndividedGod
7. The Holy Spirit Always Points to the Son and Father 🕊️➡️👑
- Theme: The Spirit doesn’t draw attention to Himself. He glorifies Jesus and leads us to the Father.
- Discipleship Question: Are your spiritual experiences drawing you deeper into relationship with Jesus and the Father in the Holy Spirit?
- #SpiritLeadsToChrist
8. The Trinity Teaches Us to Hold Things Together 🧩🫂
- Theme: Just as God’s nature is united in three persons, we are called to unity, not division, in doctrine, worship, and life.
- Discipleship Question: What part of your life needs the integrative healing of the Triune God?
- #HoldItTogetherInChrist
9. Baptism and Salvation Are Trinitarian Acts 💧✝️
- Theme: Baptism in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit reflects that salvation is the shared mission of the Triune God.
- Discipleship Question: How can you live as someone who’s been baptized into the fullness of God?
- #TrinitarianBaptism
10. God Is Always Working—even in Chaos 🌍🔧
- Theme: The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are actively involved in redeeming the world, even when it seems chaotic.
- Discipleship Question: Where can you discern the presence of God working in the brokenness around you?
- #GodInTheMess
Context:
In a time when many churches tend to highlight the Father’s authority, the Son’s grace, or the Spirit’s power in isolation, this message calls us back to the wholeness of who God truly is. Pentecost is often reduced to a celebration of the Holy Spirit alone; but what if we’ve forgotten something essential?
Pastor Tim leads us into a richer understanding of Pentecost as a revelation of the entire Triune God. Through Acts 2 and the Nicene Creed, he urges the Church to honor God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, indivisible and fully unified, working together to redeem creation and empower His people.
Reflective Moment:
✨ What part of your faith practice has become one-dimensional?
✨ Are you embracing God as Father, Son, and Spirit or just the “parts” you’re most comfortable with? ✨ Where can you discern the presence of God working in the brokenness around you?
This message emphasizes reverence, sound doctrine, spiritual maturity, and a return to a fully Trinitarian gospel. Let it lead you into deeper worship, clearer understanding, and a renewed desire to live in step with the fullness of God.
📖 Rediscover Pentecost through a Trinitarian lens.
💬 Reflect. Repent. Receive the fullness of God.
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Full Message:
Bible Verse: Luke 2
Introduction:
Can you see from reading this section of the Nicene Creed what would be missing if as Christians we ONLY spoke about Jesus in terms of His birth (Christmas), His suffering, death and resurrection?
Excerpt about Jesus from the Nicence Creed
“We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father. Through Him all things were made. For us and for our salvation He came down from heaven:
by the power of the Holy Spirit, He became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man. For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate; He suffered death and was buried. On the third day He rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and His kingdom will have no end.”
What happens if we leave out His incarnate life for 33 years? What if after speaking about His Resurrection we stopped and never addressed His human Ascension and Bodily Return?
Theological Theme:
“Christ does not heal us as an ordinary doctor might, by standing over us, diagnosing our sickness, prescribing medicine for us to take and then going away, leaving us to get better as we follow His instructions. No, He becomes the patient. He assumes that very humanity which is in need of redemption, and by being anointed by the Spirit in our humanity, by a life of perfect obedience, by dying and rising again, for us, our humanity is healed in Him, in His person. We are not just healed through Christ, because of the work of Christ, but in and through Christ. Person and work must not be separated.” – James Torrance
Christ Connection:
Christ emptied himself so we may be filled
“The very Son of God, older than the ages, the invisible, the incomprehensible, the incorporeal, the beginning of beginning, the light of light, the fountain of life and immortality, the image of the archetype, the immovable seal, the perfect likeness, the definition and word of the Father: he it is who comes to his own image and takes our nature for the good of our nature, and unites himself to an intelligent soul for the good of my soul, to purify like by like.
He takes to himself all that is human, except for sin. He was conceived by the Virgin Mary, who had been first prepared in soul and body by the Spirit; his coming to birth had to be treated with honor, virginity had to receive new honor. He comes forth as God, in the human nature he has taken, one being, made of two contrary elements, flesh and spirit. Spirit gave divinity, flesh received it.
He who makes rich is made poor; he takes on the poverty of my flesh, that I may gain the riches of his divinity. He who is full is made empty; he is emptied for a brief space of his glory, that I may share in his fullness. What is this wealth of goodness? What is this mystery that surrounds me? I received the likeness of God, but failed to keep it. He takes on my flesh, to bring salvation to the image, immortality to the flesh. He enters into a second union with us, a union far more wonderful than the first.” – St. Gregory The Theologian
Missional Application:
Just as Jesus took on all the parts of our human nature and flesh through the history of a human life to bring us Salvation, as those in union with Jesus in the Spirit we participate with Him in all the parts of His human history and continued Lordship, pointing others to Him as their Salvation also!
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