Trinity Sunday, May 27th, 2018

Trinity Sunday, May 27th, 2018

The Third Chapter of St. John's Gospel begins with Our Lord discussing faith with Nicodemus.  As we read through this discussion presented by St. John, we soon discover that Our Lord is having a difficult time making Nicodemus understand the concept behind being "born again."  As you know Our Lord says exactly what He means.  He doesn't beat around the bush.  Now I want to point out that this is true not only with His words but also by His actions.  So Our Lord tells Nicodemus that a man must be born again in order to see Heaven.  To this, Nicodemus replies:  "How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?"  (v. 9)  At this question Our Lord gives a sharp reply to Nicodemus.  He says:  "Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?"  (v. 10)  Now Our Lord really gets to the point of the matter when He gives the next example to Nicodemus.  "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life."  Here, Our Lord speaks about the example of the "serpent in the wilderness" found in the Old Testament book of Numbers, Chapter 2.  If you read through that section, you will find that Moses was leading the people through the wilderness.  But as they were going along they started complaining and moaning about their troubles.  (I can't imagine people actually complaining and moaning about their troubles, can you?)   In fact, the people began to even question why they ever left Egypt in the first place.  It says that a plague of deadly, fiery serpents was sent as a punishment for the people complaining.  And as the people cried for mercy, God instructed Moses to fashion a bronze serpent which He told Moses to hold up before the people.  And as the people looked at the bronze serpent, they were healed.  Our Lord is describing Himself when He brings up this example.  In other words, He is instructing us to look up to Him for our healing.  He wants us to look up to Him to see the example of perfect love.  This is the image of Our Blessed Saviour hanging of the Cross for no other reason than to save us from our sins.  We should all think of Our Lord hanging on the Cross because it illustrates how much He loved you and how much He loved me.  He loved us so much that He was willing to die for us up on that Cross.  And all who look to Jesus will never be disappointed.  All who look to Him will never be turned away.  Our Lord also ascended to Heaven with the hopes that we will join Him in Heaven.  Through the Cross, He did away with our sins.  And through His Ascension, He went to prepare a place for us.   Always look to Jesus and gaze upon Him.  He is the only true satisfaction in this life.  So often we look to other things to satisfy us . .  . to save us . . . . whether they be drink or drugs, . . . . money or riches,  . .. . titles or position, . . .  Everything in life ultimately fades away except the love of God.  With God all things are possible.   We just have to look up to Our Blessed Saviour.

St. Margaret of Scotland  Church worships every Sunday morning at the Chapel at Marquette Manor, which is located on the Northwest side of Indianapolis at 8140 N. Township line Road.  Mass begins at 9:30 AM.  Come join us for traditional worship.  We use the King James Bible along with the Anglican Missal and the 1928 Book of Common Prayer.  We gather together to join as God's family to listen to His Word and worship Him and receive Him in His Precious Body and Blood.  Please join us for Mass and then stay with us afterward for our delicious Coffee Hour.