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Gaddis UMC Sunday Worship Service Video-


For Sunday, 05-15-22   - 10:00am 
​at this link:  https://youtu.be/2wS6Ss17Zkk​​​​​​

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daily    devotional

John 14: 15-18
            Probably the hardest concept for Christians is to grasp the essence of the Holy Spirit.  Throughout the last two thousand years, Doctors of the Church  as well as saints and seminary professors as well as pastors have used all the brain power and understanding they possess to explain the Trinity to Christians and would be Christians.
            St. Patrick of Ireland , as we know used the Shamrock a native Irish plant to try to explain it to the unconverted of Ireland. The shamrock has three leaves, but all the leaves are considered to be the essence of one plant. St. Augustine wrestled with the concept of the Trinity and wrote many works trying to come up with a clear and concise essence of the Trinity.
            We can grasp the concept and essence of the Father and the Son. It is easier for us to be in relationship with them because we can visualize the Father in Heaven on a throne with a long white beard. Although the Father is Spirit, it is easier for us to pray to and understand the Father.  We can have a vision of Jesus, the Son walking on earth, teaching, and dying on a cross to be resurrected on the third day.  But we struggle to vision or understand the role of the Holy Spirit.
            If we try to visualize the Holy Spirit, we see in our mind’s eye, a dove. But it is hard to relate to a dove. There is a story about a missionary priest in China who tried to teach his converts about the Trinity. An old man in the back told him, I  understand Honorable Father, I understand Honorable Son, but I don’t understand Honorable Bird.
            In the last hours Jesus was with His Apostles Jesus knew the fear and inability to fathom Him not being with them so He  promised that the Father would send them another helper that Jesus could be with them forever. Jesus would not leave them as orphans.  But how are we to understand the Helper Jesus promises? Even the Apostles were probably a bit confused and struggling to understand just what Jesus was saying to them. It is hard to understand the Trinity and the third person, who is the Holy Spirit.
            Perhaps it might help to understand that the doctrine of the Trinity was referred to by the early Christians as one God in three distinct persona. The word persona to the early Christians referred to the masks that Roman theater characters wore to represent the many roles they might have in a play. Thus the early Christians  understanding of persona of God is the three different roles that God acts out on the stage of history. The role of God the Father is as  the Creator, the role of God the Son is as redeemer and the role of God the Holy Spirit is as the sustainer. The Spirit of God is acting today within Creation, sustaining the intention of God for Mankind and His wonderful Creation.  Perhaps a good concept for the understanding of the Holy Spirit is that of God in the present tense. 
            The Trinity could be said to describe God’s efforts to get closer and closer to us. God the Father was not content to be above us but with us, so He sent God the Son to dwell in our flesh and walk with us,  being completely God and completely human. That we might walk with Him and talk with Him in the present, the Father sent the Holy Spirit to dwell within in us.
            The Trinity is all about relationship. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit are in relationship, one with the other. All things are done in unity and most importantly in Love. The Father reveals the Son, and the Father and the Son reveal the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit  through whom God continues to reveal Himself in the present lives in the world and in hearts of people.
            Because of the Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, we can know the Love of God and through the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, which is the Church we can face the world, not as orphans, but as beloved of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
 Blessings,
David

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Gaddis Church is a United Methodist Congregation.
Please explore our website to learn more about us!
141 Hwy 87  |  P.O. Box 566
Comfort, Texas 78013
830.995.3813
gaddischurch@gmail.com
Sunday Service:
9:00am Bible & Breakfast
10:00 am Worship Service


​Office Hours:
Monday - Thursday |  8:00 am - 4:00 pm
​Friday |Closed


Music   in   the   park​

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2nd Tuesday of the month- May thru October.
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