CCC Service
“Ancient and New: Strength to Endure - Relationships in View'" | April 24 | Colossians 3:18-21
Colossians 3:18-21 ESV
1. You will only see healing for what you are willing to die to.
2. This is for the single as well
3. We have to build a foundation for understanding
I. Relational perfection
The Trinity
• God is one
• God is three
• The three are each fully God
• Each person is distinct from the others
• Each is related to the other eternally as Father, Son, Holy Spirit
• Each has a role within the relationship
I. Relational perfection
a. Mutual self-giving love
John 14:31 ESV
John 15:9 ESV
I. Relational perfection
a. Mutual self-giving love
b. Mutual glorification
“The father… Son… and holy Spirit glorify each other… At the center of the universe, self-giving love is the dynamic currency of the Trinitarian life of God. The persons within God exalt, commune with, and defer to one another….. When early Greek Christians spoke of perichoresis in God they meant that each divine person harbors the others at the center of his being. In constant movement of overture and acceptance each person envelops and encircles the others.”
Cornelius Plantinga
Engaging God's World: A Christian Vision of Faith, Learning, and Living
I. Relational perfection
a. Mutual self-giving love
b. Mutual glorification
c. The Dance
II. Relational brokenness
Genesis 3:16-18 ESV
III. Relational hope
a. Restore our relation to God
b. Restore our relation to each other
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