This week we discussed the book of Hebrews in depth. We had the priveledge of Charles Stoufuss coming in and preaching and it was very informative and applicable. He taught the entire book focusing on the supremecy of Christ and His superiority. One thing that I really liked about this was when we talked about chapter 4 and discussed the satisfaction we have in knowing Christ. It was such an encouragement to remind my self of the fact that Christ is really all we need, and that I must daily surrender myself to that. He stated that “Faith is the condfident vesting of your life in God’s revealed truth.” Such a powerful statement. I was challenged to look at my own Faith. Am I a vesting my life confindently into God’s truth on a daily basis? Are you doing the same? This is something that we should look at everyday. If we truly have Faith, we are boldly digging into God’s truth and His word and trusting in His promises.

Hey again from the Institute!

            This past week in the Institute we were able to discuss the Trinity. Glen Kreider, from Dallas Theological Seminary, came in and taught the material and I learned a ton.  The Trinity is something that I have always heard about growing up in church but I had never really taken the time to sit down and study it. The more we dove into the topic this week the more I realized how little I actually know about the Trinity. The Trinity is the Biblical doctrine that God is one unified God that is made up of 3 separate persons, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. These persons are all distinct from one another, yet are all one God. I have always heard this and believed it but this is the first time I really sat down to think about the details of it. The trinity truly is something that is uncomprehend able. To think that there can be 3 separate beings, yet be one person at the same time is hard to grasp. We know that there are 3 separate being from Matthew 28:19-20 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” We see here the trinity clearly described as 3 separate entities. Although, we know that they are all one being because of Isaiah “Declare and set forth your case;
 Indeed, let them consult together.
Who has announced this from of old?
Who has long since declared it?
Is it not I, the Lord?
And there is no other God besides Me, 
A righteous God and a Savior;
 There is none except Me. Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; 
For I am God, and there is no other.” So we have these both being described as 1 being and 3 separate beings at the same time. Definitely a hard concept to grasp but we also have to understand that we can never fully know God living in this broken world, so these mysteries will remain a mystery until we will be ultimately glorified by God someday.