{"content":[{"text":"The Holy Trinity \n John 3:1-17","bbox":{"left":0.414788,"top":0.096444,"width":0.170823,"height":0.041801000000000005}},{"text":"Today is part two of a two-part sermon. As I was preparing last week’s \n sermon, a quote from Luther came to mind. The more I meditated upon the \n quote and the Gospel reading, the more I realized it’s a great quote for \n today’s Gospel as well. Here is Luther again, commenting on the success of \n the reformation:","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.167959,"width":0.7619220000000001,"height":0.11346799999999999}},{"text":"“I simply taught, preached, and wrote God’s Word; otherwise I did \n nothing. And while I slept, or drank Wittenberg beer with my friends \n Philip and Amsdorf, the Word so greatly weakened the papacy that no \n prince or emperor ever inflicted such losses upon it. I did nothing; the \n Word did everything.” (AE 51.77)","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.311179,"width":0.716107,"height":0.11331600000000003}},{"text":"Just like I said last week: the Word, the Word, the Word. The Word does \n the work. The Word convicts you of sin. The Word assures you of the \n promises of Christ for the forgiveness of your sins and the salvation of your \n souls. The Word comforts you when you’re depressed or anxious. The \n Word does the work.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.454209,"width":0.7644690000000001,"height":0.11349299999999996}},{"text":"Last week you heard about how the Word is all about Jesus. When you \n read the Scriptures, you’re first question should be, “what does this tell me \n about Jesus?” Then and only then can you find out how the text applies to \n you. That was quite fitting for Pentecost, the celebration of God giving His \n Holy Spirit to us, who points to Jesus. The second aspect of the Word that’s \n critically important is quite appropriate for today, Holy Trinity Sunday. \n We recite the Athanasian Creed in celebration of the victory of Orthodoxy, \n or right worship. Error had crept into the church, as it always does, and the \n Athanasian Creed plainly sets forth for us who our God is: Father, Son, and \n Holy Spirit. The reason this matters is because words matter. Words mean \n particular things.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.597265,"width":0.7622880000000001,"height":0.25653499999999985}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}