May 18, 2008

  • Trinity Sunday: Acquaint Yourself with the Trinity

    "Acquaint now thyself with Him."–Job 22:21

    If we would rightly "acquaint ourselves with God, and be at peace," we must know Him as He has revealed Himself, not only in the unity of His essence and subsistence, but also in the plurality of His persons. God said, "Let us make man in our image." Let not man be content until he knows something of the "us" from whom his being was derived. Endeavor to know the Father; bury your head in His bosom in deep repentance, and confess that you are not worthy to be called His son; receive the kiss of His love; let the ring which is the token of His eternal faithfulness be on your finger; sit at His table and let your heart make merry in His grace. Then press forward and seek to know much of the Son of God who is the brightness of His Father's glory, and yet in unspeakable condescension of grace became man for our sakes; know Him in the unique complexity of His nature: eternal God, and yet suffering finite man; follow Him as He walks the waters with the tread of deity, and as He sits upon the well in the weariness of humanity. Be not satisfied unless you know much of Jesus Christ as your Friend, your Brother, your Husband, your all. Forget not the Holy Spirit; endeavor to obtain a clear view of His nature and character, His attributes, and His works. Behold that Spirit of the Lord, who first of all moved on chaos and brought forth order, now visits the chaos of your soul and creates the order of holiness. Behold Him as the Lord and giver of spiritual life, the Illuminator, the Instructor, the Comforter, and the Sanctifier. Behold Him as He descends, like holy unction, upon the head of Jesus, and then afterwards rests upon you who are as the skirts of His garments. Such an intelligent, scriptural, and experiential belief in the Trinity in Unity is yours if you truly know God; and such knowledge brings peace indeed.

    from Charles H. Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening," Evening May 8.

    About the above image:

    The Latin text on the shield in the image includes monograms and/or scribal abbreviations for "PATER" (the Father), "SPIRITUS" (the Holy Spirit), and "FILIUS" (the Son) in the three outer nodes, and "DEUS" (God) in the center node. The text in the links connecting the outer nodes to each other reads "Non est • nec e converso" (i.e. "Is not, and vice versa", indicating that a link connecting two outer nodes A and B encodes both of the propositions "A is not B" and "B is not A"). The text along the links connecting the center node to the outer nodes is quite obscured, but according to Evans should read "Est et e converso" (i.e. "Is, and vice versa", indicating that both "God is A" and "A is God" for each of the three persons of the Trinity).

    Image and image information accessed from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Trinity_knight_shield.jpg

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About me...

Christian hedonist in training. Pressing on to know more and more of the joy of the LORD. Pleading with God to rend the heavens and revive and refresh my own soul, as well as His Church, to His praise, honor and glory.

Thank God. He can make men and women in middle life sing again with a joy that has been chastened by a memory of their past failures. ~ Alan Redpath

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