TWUMC The Woodlands United Methodist Church
4th Largest in the United States
Every part of our Sunday was a Highlight
Notice 22:20 is a Thank You to our Serving Military
Notice 24:36 Scripture and Beautifully, Wonderful Prayer
37:00 Joyful Sermon
God of Truth, Beauty and Love,
Your Presence, Father,
our lives to follow Your purpose and plan.
Fair memories and aspiring hopes
Unseen Heaven a Home in our Hearts
Joy instead of sorrow
Honoring the Valiant.
All who are Challenged
in difficult situations, we hold Your Hope, Jesus.
Your Blessings on those Who are Doers of God's Word.
The Song Bursting in Heaven
Imagine being with Jesus leading twelve very ordinary human beings,
chosen and precious to God
and Jesus walks them to Caesarea knowing their lives
would change and impact all of God's Good Creation from millenniums to come.
We feel and have seen remarkable, astonishing changes, and we aren't really thrilled.
Just as Israel felt these changes upon them in the first century: financially, in government, in trade, in the day-to-day livelihood in this trade, culturally, religiously and in the bewilderment of upheaval. In the first century, the first were last suddenly and last, the thug life for Rome, was first. God planned the Ministry of Jesus and His Plan was beginning to arrive in the fullness of God's Capacity.
How did God use the Trinity
The Holy Spirit breathing life into God's Living Word manifest in Jesus, teaching His Beloved. Successfully growing these men by reproof, training in righteousness to bring these men into being men of God, complete and equipped for every good work. The Gospels reflecting Jesus and God the Father are gentle. Kind. Compassionate. And Honest. Leading in Truth. Teaching the Way. Providing us internally, spiritually and externally Abundant Life.
The TRINITY
Jesus explains God, Our Father is in Heaven. And in the language Jesus uses He explains this is Abba, Daddy, Beloved. God is Love. Expect this Abba to run to you, as a prodigal Son.
The Word of God, Himself, explains the Holy Spirit hovers over the waters. Expansively, all involved, enfolding the Creation and we are part of the Creation Story. When the Water becomes Living Water, we are washed in His Water to grow to maturity and invite the Holy Spirit to Dwell in us.
Jesus is the Light of the world. First Word of God. Manifest of God. Light of mankind. Jesus is the sun visiting us mercifully from on High. And in Abba's Language connecting all of Creation. To sing with Him now.
Ephesians 3:14-19
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
The Trinity.
This is the Family of God, Emmanuel, God with us. This Family is so loving. In fact, is Love, that the Son is called the Head of the Family and His Name Highest among all others.
Jesus Loves the Father so much, Jesus reflects His Exact Nature.
Jesus Trusts the Father and Holy Spirit so much, Jesus allows the Holy Spirit to have the fullness of the earth and fill every word and dot of His Trustworthy Plan.
When we look at the Genealogy of Jesus in Matthew 1 and Luke 3, we find a variety of people, backgrounds, tame life and not tame life with variations on religions and nations. God did decide He would blend this to His Exact Specifications.
A little like... The Seraphim Angel.
Ezekiel 1:10
Their faces looked like this:
Each of the four had the face of a human being,
and on the right side each had the face of a lion,
and on the left the face of an ox;
each also had the face of an eagle.
A little like the safe and wonderful haven of Ahh Antioch where Jesus chose to incubate the new Church He told them about in Caesarea. How the Disciples loved Antioch.
Right, exactly, Jesus chose instead to have them begin tangling immediately with King Agrippa, and his sister Queen Bernice, Governor Felix and raised from slave to freeman by the Roman Emperor Claudius. Jesus was making sure all the world leaders were going to play their part. The Church was going not to Greece, or Asia Minor or wonderful Crete where Jews lived peacefully, Jesus was planting his Church to be safe, and a rock nothing could strike down in the middle of murderous Emperors in the Roman Empire. Jesus was establishing the Church to be a shield, a tower, a place of Peace in the middle of Mordor.
For what reason? Jesus ancestors were from Jericho. Jericho is like Atlantis in the middle of the Dessert of Sinai for 40 years. Nice and wonderful, you'd want to stay, but God calls you on. Jericho, why would you want that mess in your Family Tree? And for that matter, would you want Aaron coming to Your Lovely Heaven and splashing sacrificial blood all around? People are messy. God can do anything He Plans. And Ruth was another Heathen called out of Baal worship, probably. And during the time of Jesus, these Heathens Ruth was called away from are the nasty Princes of Trade and far-flung during the Days of Jesus walking as Grace upon Grace. Not only are they now overlords, they aren't even, now, really related. Seems like Insult to Injury.
Jesus Christ is the Light of the 'world'.
Tell me again, Abba, what is the Trinity.
The Father, Abba, makes His Holy, Loving, Steadfast Plan. Love. The Son arrives to bring this Plan to Eternal Life. The Holy Spirit arrives to indwell and give us knowledge, the intellect, the will to want God and live within His Purpose. To live as Jesus did. With Joy. Living Life Abundantly with greater depth and meaning. God's Own Plan and Purpose.
GOD'S PLAN
John 3:16
For God so loved the world,
that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in Him should not Perish.
So, who do you want Jesus to save?
Yes, just like the Trinity of God, you want to Save forever - your family. Your Beloved.
Father God tells us what isn't seen is eternal. Every Word of God is fulfilled.
When we consider Jesus spent 30 years privately, Jesus wasn't playing a lot of Tiddly Winks. I happen to enjoy Tiddly Winks, but Jesus was saving - the world - yes, He was and Jesus is still working today. Jesus told us a Prophet isn't honored among his own people, family and town. Jesus was doing some very intense work on even His Mother. Jesus was saving the family of Jesus. Us and the Nazareth Family. Mary even showed up to bring Him on home. Mary was trying to put a wrench in God's Plan. Jesus was more intent on bringing His Beloved on 'Home'.
Who arrived when Jesus did the hard work of sacrifice and Life? His Brothers.
And in the 4th Century, the sacrifice of Jesus' own Nephews and Nieces was going to move, change, sway, and replace all the gods with Jesus Christ because the young man Constantine was sent by his Emperor Uncle to torture and kill the Family of Jesus into submission. God's Plan instead was the Victory. Constantine witnessed beautiful lives die to make Constantine's Life Abundant and Eternal.
1 John 4:15
If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
In intense Spiritual Work, the right to be heard has to be granted.
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not Love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. A prophet has no honor in his own country' John 4:44. Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives and in his own house is a prophet without honor.” The Exodus took 40 years for 600,000 people. Jesus had Mary, James, Jude, Joses, Simon and His Sisters. Possibly as many as 8 or more people to save.
C'mon, you see and know Jesus is God's Son. You 'know' Jesus wasn't on "Vacation". "All Things work together for the Good of those who Love the Lord and work according to His Purpose." No vaca. However, in the Words of Jesus there was tremendous Joy.
Now let's lean this to the Gospel. Matthew immediately sees Jesus as part of a family. Mark sees the Ministry and the Message. Luke sees the Family of Jesus is leading to Salvation. John sees the Transfiguration of the Power of the Messiah of God.
The Trinity of Abba, leads us the Holy Family of Jesus. The extent of Love. You are adopted into this Family.
The Message and Ministry of the Trinity in God's Loving Plan
The Purpose of the Trinity is Father God experiencing the Life Jesus has lived on earth.
Just like the Seraphim.
God Wins the Victory to Save the world in Jesus Christ.
God's Love has so many aspects, we understand the Seraphim.
Hear O Israel, The Lord Thy God is One.
Seamlessly the Lord Thy God is One.
The Victory of God to Save the world in Jesus Christ.
Making Father God the male and female aspects of Genesis creation.
Wisdom acknowledged in women.
In Utero. Nephew and Cousin. Newborn.
Child. Lost Child.
Teacher. Fathered. Mothered.
Teen. Young Adult.
Celebrated and Condemned.
Healer. Teacher. Brother. Son.
How many faces do we see Jesus adding into the Family of God?
How many ways will the all-seeing Trinity add into the Family of God?
The number of people will the Holy Spirit Live in?
The Way, the Truth and the Life of God's Plan Lives Joyously in the Trinity
and the Highest Name of Jesus.
Relatives. Elizabeth and Zechariah are called and act upon God's Plan.
Shepherds. Those who put aside their Beloved to provide for the family and go to care for the Creation and Creatures of God, Abba mentions His animals in His Covenant with His Creation during Noah.
The Seraphim is both Oxen and Eagle.
Travelers. The innkeepers saw the Message. Like the Good Samaritan.
The Temple saw God's Plan from the First. Zechariah and Gabriel occurred in the Temple.
Egypt. God was not staying within the boundaries. God Called His Son out of Egypt. A Purpose.
Like the Canaanite woman.
The fishermen, those who feed the population. Would include farmers. Ranchers. Another inclusion.
Those who love Creation and see God in Creation. Jesus traveled and spoke in the wilderness and the Sea of Galilee. Like the Exodus when 600,000 were fed, those in the wilderness were fed.
232 A.D. Paralyzed man healed by Jesus
Those with handicaps were healed. And their families bringing them to Jesus. The families were healed to carry them to Jesus. A very relevant thing when the Pandemic separated families in far distances.
The coin in the mouth of the fish. The unbelievable catch of fish. The Poor had all types of Good News preached to them.
Jesus healed the widow's life as her only link to provision and family was dead. In the view of great crowd to make them think about their own families, provision and gratitude. To provide a path to understanding the Power of God in the Resurrection of Jesus.
Jesus healed the old. The man at the Pool had been there 38 years.
Jesus healed Matthew. Immersed in Rome and Tradition. Jesus entered into Hope with the thug community like Zacharias.
Jesus healed not only men with dark spiritual forces, but healed women. And on Good Friday, the women were those who showed up in great numbers to tell God how sorry they were Jesus died. Rahab assures us these women were not safe. And the History of Pontius Pilate and his sudden aggression to the Jews. Women were the first to realize Jesus had risen for doing the Good Works God had placed for them to do.
The Middle Ages saw children named at age 5 and hung up on the wall to allow cleanliness of the infant. Jesus welcomed the Children and He admired their Faith. Jesus healed the child of the Canaanite woman for her persistence and humility and faith.
Jesus admired the Centurion who was a bringer of war and violence, order, wrongful order and death. Our Christ Jesus associated with all types of personalities and lives. The Soldiers at the Cross would see Jesus is the Son of God on Good Friday and tell of the sealing of the Tomb as the Church of Jesus arrives, triumphant in Rome. 325 Years of God winning the world to salvation in Roman Empire persecution and then Victory History.
Jesus spoke with compassion and in his own terms, Pontus Pilate and his wife. Amazing.
Jesus Loves, cares, has compassion and Saves the World. We can see suddenly the reason the Seraphim
would display the Overwhelming Love God has for all of His Good Creation. You.
Jesus describes this Life as Joy. The Joy of the Lord is our Strength.
Now to Father God, Who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
… Thou shalt call his name
Jesus
for he shall save his people from their sins. Matthew 1: 21
…His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, The Might God,
…The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace Isaiah 9:6
… God hath made that same Jesus… both Lord & Christ Acts 2:36
…Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world! John 1:29
…they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, the song of The Lamb Revelation 15:3
…Behold, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah Revelation 5:5
..and the Bright & Morning Star Revelation 22:16
..and our hands have handled, of the Word of Life 1 John 1:1
…we have and advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ The Righteous 1 John 2:1
…whereby the Dayspring from on high hath visited us. Luke 1:78
…Before Abraham, I Am. John 8:58
…And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God. John 1: 34
…are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 1 Peter 2:25
…We have found the Messiah which, is being interpreted, the Christ. John 1:41
…I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6
…through the knowledge of the Lord & Savior Jesus Christ. II Peter 2: 20
..a name written King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Revelation 19:16
…I am the Light of the World. John 8:12
…The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world… John 1:9
…I am Alpha & Omega the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come
Jesus
for he shall save his people from their sins. Matthew 1: 21
…His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, The Might God,
…The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace Isaiah 9:6
… God hath made that same Jesus… both Lord & Christ Acts 2:36
…Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world! John 1:29
…they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, the song of The Lamb Revelation 15:3
…Behold, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah Revelation 5:5
..and the Bright & Morning Star Revelation 22:16
..and our hands have handled, of the Word of Life 1 John 1:1
…we have and advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ The Righteous 1 John 2:1
…whereby the Dayspring from on high hath visited us. Luke 1:78
…Before Abraham, I Am. John 8:58
…And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God. John 1: 34
…are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 1 Peter 2:25
…We have found the Messiah which, is being interpreted, the Christ. John 1:41
…I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6
…through the knowledge of the Lord & Savior Jesus Christ. II Peter 2: 20
..a name written King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Revelation 19:16
…I am the Light of the World. John 8:12
…The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world… John 1:9
…I am Alpha & Omega the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come
The Almighty!!!
Revelation 1:8
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