Providence Church (CREC)
Trinity Sunday
June 7th, 2009, 19th sermon
Sermon: Onward Trinitarian Soldiers
Text: Isaiah 6:1-6
Pastor Uriesou T. Brito
Text: Isaiah 6:1-6 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called to another and said:
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory!”
4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”
6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”
Prayer: Holy! Holy! Holy! Father you are Holy! Son you are Holy! Spirit you are Holy! We praise You and give You thanks. Amen.
Sermon: People of God, there is a new aggressive atheism in our society. Christopher Hitchens with his winsome rhetoric; Richard Dawkins with his dogmatic assertions about the progress of science; Sam Harris with his persuasive appeal; and the ever insufferable comedian Bill Maher are only a few names that are part of this “New Atheism.” They are a passionate group of people with an open agenda to the world and their agenda is “to make god as imaginary as Zeus or the pink unicorn.” In light of their constant media appearances, they may actually be making a few converts on the way. But, of course, we in the evangelical world have nothing to fear. After all, over 80% of Americans believe in God. They fight vehemently to get God back in the government schools; they fight so that prayer will once again be re-instituted in these schools. They fight for the God-agenda. So, what have we to fear? The answer is everything, for if we fight in the name of an unnamed God, we are no better than the atheist. We may make a few converts on the way, but these converts will be like seeds which fall into the ground and are swallowed up. Continue reading “Trinity Sunday: Onward Trinitarian Soldiers, Isaiah 6:1-7”