I thought it would be helpful to lay out for some of you what Trinity Life Church will be about. I'll do this in several different posts starting with this one.
1) Why the name "Trinity Life Church"?
First, In 1 John 4:16 we read that "God is love". But how is it that God is love? Love is a relational term and if God is the only one who existed before the world was created then how could he be love since there was nothing else to love?
Answer: God is love because God is the three persons of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit who love and honor each other from all eternity. Hence, Trinity Life Church.
Second, In 1 John 4:9 we read that "In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him."
Answer: It is out of God's eternal love that life comes to be and that life is reclaimed. Hence, Trinity Life Church. Because God is love (b/c he is trinity) the world has life.
Third, In 1 John 4:7-8 we read that "Beloved, let us love one antoher; for love is of God, and he who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God; for God is love." So not only is God love but we are to model that love. How are we to model it?
Answer: We model God's love by loving the way God does - in community. When we love each other in community we are living like God does in the three persons of the Trinity. That is why we cannot help but love others in community if it is true that we abide in God. When we love in this way, it brings new life. Hence, Trinity Life Church.
We want to be a Church that models the life of the Trinity by being a community of love that results in giving life. So not only do we love the truth that from the Trinity comes life but we also want to live as a model of that eternal love that brings life.
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