Bible Readings:
John 3:1 – 21, John 14:15 – 31
Sermon Outline:
John 3:5–6 (NKJV)
5 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
John 3:13–17 (NKJV)
13 No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
I What is Trinity?
II How is the Trinity revealed;ed?
III The Trinity in John 3
If asked to define the Trinity, we can only say that it is not this or that. — Augustine
The Trinity is (not are) God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit – Donald Grey Barnhouse
The word “Trinity” is not found in the Bible, but the truth of this doctrine is in every part of the book – Donald Grey Barnhouse
The doctrine of the Trinity is the differentiating doctrine of the Christian faith – D. Martyn Lloyd Jones
It needs to be stressed that the eternal relationship between the Father and the Son in no way suggests that one is senor and the other junior. – Stuart Olyott
The Trinity is the basis of the gospel, and the gospel is a declaration of the Trinity in action. – J. I. Packer