Jonathots Daily Blog
(2021)
A Father who loves us.
A son who is our elder brother, to explain things in “people terms.”
And a Holy Spirit, to remind us about good things–and forgive us when we slip-slide away into the bad.
It’s a great system … unless you happen to teach that the father in question is really an abusive step-dad who hates you because you aren’t his kid. Or that the son is a jealous older brother, who constantly reminds you of the sacrifices he’s made for you. Or that Holy Spirit follows you around, critical of your every move, reminding you of only one thing–your inadequacy.
I guess it’s all how you teach it, right? Or maybe it’s how you view it.
I would not be interested in a God who was not my Father. As my Father, I ask Him to take responsibility for His part in creating me.
I would not be interested in a Jesus who was a son who suffered from a persecution complex and hung around the cross all day, just to punctuate the point about his martyrdom.
And I really cannot be interested in a Holy Spirit that IS more of a ghost sent to scare us away from a devil’s hell.
I go to Trinity Lutheran Church in Circleville, Ohio, tomorrow morning. I’ll be curious to see if they use the trinity to its third power–or if they have drained the juice and merely have a trinity by name.
But I will tell them about a loving Father, a friend who sticks closer than a brother and a Spirit that gives us wisdom in our hour of need.
Who knows? Maybe they’ll be interested.
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