Themes:
Exodus: “The Lord”
2 Corinthians: the Trinitarian greeting
John: the purpose of Christ’s coming
Exodus 34:4b-6, 8-9 - Mount Sinai and the Tables
His Name is Lord and a merciful and gracious Lord.
"Lord." […]
"The Lord, the Lord, a merciful and gracious God, slow
to anger and rich in kindness and fidelity.”
2 Corinthians 13:11-13 - the conclusion of Paul’s letter
The Trinitarian Greeting
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God, and
the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.”
John 3:16-18 - Jesus speaks to Nicodemus
Why the Father sent the Son to us
“God so loved the world that He gave his only Son, so that
everyone who believes in Him might not perish but might have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn
the world, but that the world might be saved through him.”
Questions:
Exodus: What is the name of God, the giver of the commandments? What kind of Lord is He?
2 Corinthians: What is the Christian greeting for the Corinthians?
John: For what purpose did, and did not, God send His Son to us? What does “condemning” mean?
Petitions:
Exodus: That we take the name of the Lord only in prayer and faith, we pray to the Lord.
2 Corinthians: That we realize the importance of the Trinity in understanding the message of Christ, we pray to the Lord.
John: That
we the peoples of the world accept Jesus as its Savior, lest they perish, we
pray to the Lord.
Proverbs 8:22-31 - the wisdom
of God - applied to the Holy Spirit
"The Lord possessed me [wisdom], the beginning of His ways, the forerunner of his prodigies of long ago; from of old I was poured forth, at the first, before the earth.”
Romans 5:1-5 - our faith: from the Father, through Jesus; God’s love through the Holy Spirit
The
Father and the Son
Therefore, since we have been
justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
through whom we have gained access by faith to this grace in which we stand,
and we boast in hope of the glory of God.
The
Holy Spirit
“Not only that, but we even boast
of our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, and endurance,
proven character, and proven character, hope, and hope does not disappoint,
because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy
Spirit that has been given to us.”
John 16:12-15 - the Spirit of
Truth will guide
"I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it
now. But when he comes, the Spirit of
truth, he will guide you to all truth.”
“He will glorify Me, because He
will take from what is Mine and declare it to you.
Everything that the Father has is
mine. For this reason I told you that
He will take from what is Mine and declare it to you."