Trinity Fellowship

The kingdom of God is here already, but not yet fully. Christ has given more instruction on how His kingdom is to be made increasingly visible in the lives of His people. In His kingdom, the way to dominion is through suffering, the way up is down, and the way to greatness is through humility. We must become like children to live in this kingdom – trusting, dependant, filled with awe and wonder, teachable, and humble. These traits are the fruits of repentance that demonstrate that we have bent the knee to the King and are fit to live in His kingdom. Our charge this week is to examine ourselves for these traits – is the conduct of our lives consistent with our citizenship?

Missionary updates from Gerald & Bev Huebner, working with camp ministry in the Ukraine, and Jeremy & Jacqui Warne, church planting in Italy.

The gospel writers were inspired to reveal to us the Son of Man that was prophesied in Daniel 7. This morning's passage is a reminder that while He took on flesh and became a man, He retained His divinity and supremacy over all things. No earthly power has authority over Him. Yet, for the sake of the coming kingdom, He was slow to cause unnecessary stumbling blocks as neither should we. Most importantly we must remember the gospel as our foundation. Just as He paid the debt for Peter that He did not owe, His shed blood has paid the ransom for sin we could never afford.

Matt was a guest on Riley Toews's "Ask a Pastor" podcast to discuss education and the classical Christian option.

Matt was a guest on Riley Toews's "Ask a Pastor" podcast to discuss the abiding validity of God's law. Originally aired January 17, 2023.

In the story of the demon-possessed boy, we see the results of the fall coming into contact with the ministry of Christ's disciples. This is an early encounter in the long war for the cosmos. This war continues today, and so we can no doubt relate to the experience of these men as they encountered failure. Our faith is likewise too weak, too distracted, too misguided, too subject to doubts and to the accusations of those who oppose us. We remain a people in desperate need of the headship of Christ. Rather than humiliating us, He takes our failures and our deficiencies upon Himself. He shows us what sacrificial responsibility looks like, and in so doing teaches us how our faith can grow, not only in its strength, but also in its object – Jesus Christ Himself. So, the charge is this – when you encounter difficulty, setback, and even failure this week, remember that Christ is happy to shoulder your burden. He is not embarrassing you, but is training you to become stronger, wiser, less oriented to yourself and more to Him. Even if we are faithless, He remains faithful (2 Tim. 2:13a).

Peter, James, and John receive the honour of being eyewitnesses to one of the most glorious events in human history. Together, with Moses and Elijah, they have the profound and long anticipated blessing of seeing God the Son as He truly is, with unveiled faces, in all His refulgent glory. Towards the end of his life, Peter looks back to this day and tells us that what we have now is even better than that eyewitness experience was (2 Peter 1:16-21). The dissonance and tension and waiting of the ancients has found its resolution in Jesus Christ. He uses this mountain top Transfiguration experience to show how He is progressively ushering His eternal kingdom into our physical world. The early Church Father Augustine said of the Bible that "the New is in the Old concealed; the Old is in the New revealed". Today we sing in agreement with him "Amen! Amen! From beginning to end, Christ the story, His the glory. Alleluia! Amen!" Christ shines the light of meaning onto all history. He alone is holy. There is none beside Him. He is perfect in power, in love, and in purity. Kiss the Son. He is the final Word.