Holy Trinity

Romans 5:1-5 5:1 Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 5:2 through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. 5:3 And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 5:4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5:5 and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.

What is our relationship with God like? A better translation of verse one would be, "Let us have peace with God." In Genesis it is clear that all of humanity is jealous of God, we want to be like him and will risk death to achieve it. When all done, the blame game began and Adam accused God because He gave him the woman, Eve, and Eve blamed the serpent.

Paul is saying let us have peace with God, since God already justified us through Jesus Christ. When you suffer, have hope and boast in it. Do not blame God nor be jealous of God. Be at peace with God.

Last year at a college reunion I was talking with a former college mate of mine who gave up his pursuit of a PHD to become a lawyer. I told him that I was going to preach to about the Holy Trinity. I did that; didn't I? He shook his head and said that there is a lot that goes into that. There is a lot of foundation to laid and a framework to be built to teach the Holy Trinity--or is there?

In the Holy Trinity we see a completeness of sharing--a turning outside of God's whole self to share in all things. When we see the Holy Trinity as a unity of sharing and that we are a part of that through Jesus Christ then we should have pity on God who has to deal with us. We don't share and we don't have a unity in all we do. Yet, God continues to love us and continues to hold us dear to Him.