Romans 11:33-36
We celebrated Trinity Sunday on June 16th, when Pastor Huenink preached this sermon. On this Sunday each year, we focus on the Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It is a difficult concept to understand, how God can be both three persons and yet one God. St. Paul tells us that God is inscrutable, unsearchable. He couldn’t be more right.
In the Amazon TV show, Good Omens, an angel and a demon frequently talk about God’s plan. The demon asks how anyone could follow a God who allows a particular wicked event. The angel always replies that it’s part of God’s ineffable plan. He explains. Ineffable means unexplainable. Everyone in the show thinks they know God’s plan for the future, but how can they when God is ineffable?
The Trinity shows us how God is ineffable. Yet, it also shows us that God is effable, too (It’s a word. We looked it up). He is totally explainable when you look at what he tells us about himself: The Father sends the Son to die on the cross, and they send the Holy Spirit to give us faith and forgive our sins. That so simple, even a little child can remember it.
Yet, we so often turn away from what God reveals, his effable will, to look at his ineffable side. We want to peer into God’s divine mind when we should look at what he says about himself through his word. Listen to the sermon to find out more.
At the same time, though