Sermon Outline
- What is Trinity Sunday?
- A chance to ponders “with joy and thanksgiving what the Father, Son and Holy Spirit have done to accomplish the salvation of sinful humanity.”
- We find glimpses of the Trinity throughout the Scriptures (Heb 1:2, Isa 6:3, Num 6:24-26, 1Pet 1:1-2)
- Introductory information
- Peter the Letter Writer (1Pt 1:1a, Mt 14:29, Jn 18:10, Mk 14:72, Acts 2:14ff, 5:41, 10-11, Jn 21:15ff, Acts 2:4)
- The recipients of this letter: (1Pt 1:1b)
- Elect (Dt 7:6, 1Chr 16:13)
- Exiles (Gen 23:4, Ps 38:13 LXX)
- Of the Dispersion (Num 1:9, Ps 146:2, Dt 28:25, Jer 41:17, Isa 49:6, Jer 15:7, Jn 7:35).
- The Foreknowledge of God the Father (1Pt 1:1-2)
- Foreknowledge is more than merely knowing something ahead of time. (2Pt 3:17)
- Foreknowledge is the beginning of the Salvation process (Acts 2:23, Rom 8:28-30)
- The Sanctification of the Spirit: Applying God’s Plan to people (1Pt 1:2b)
- The King Jesus
- Obedience to a King (1Pt 1:2, Jn 14:15, 13:34, Mk 16:15, Lk 12:15, Mt 18:21-22, 5:44-46, 4:17)
- Cleansing
- God is entirely involved in your salvation – planning; applying; governing and extending it
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