The Holy Trinity for me

Last Sunday's Holy Trinity sermon:

[...] How much more are we amazed that God has made us his own children. We who have rebelled against him, we who tire of hearing his word, we who would rather be lords and gods of our own lives, and yet still the one true God would not leave us to our own destruction.

But God the Father by God the Son and through God the Holy Spirit has turned his face of mercy and grace upon us to rescue us, or let each of us say, God the Father sent forth his own Son to become a man like us and to live and to suffer and die in order to rescue us from the punishment of our guilt and sin.

Yes, yes, I’ve heard it a hundred times – Jesus died for my sins. But in God’s name, don’t just hear it. Listen to it! Bathe in it! Devour it! Hold fast to it! Treasure it! Savor it! Repeat it! Wonder over it! Rest in it! Beg for it again! This message, this Gospel, this saving word: Jesus, the Son of God, sent by his father, lived, suffered, died, rose again, ascended into heaven, and reigns for you and for your salvation, or let each of us say: "God suffered and died for me!"

And how do you know this and believe it? Because God the Holy Spirit has taken this Gospel, this good news, and has planted it personally in your heart. For apart from God the Holy Spirit working through the word preached and in baptism and in the Lord’s Supper, all of this would be useless and meaningless to you. But by this Holy Spirit, this Lord and giver of life, who is worshipped with the Father and the Son, your have forgiveness and eternal life. Or let each of us say, "I have forgiveness and eternal life."

Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One! The one Lord God is the Father and Son and Holy Spirit, and this holy, holy, holy Trinity has stooped down in mercy and grace to rescue you, to forgive you, to make you his own, or let each of us say, “The Holy Trinity has done this for me.”

Listen to the whole sermon here.