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The Fatherhood of God

The teaching of The Fatherhood of God takes a decided turn with Jesus, for "Father" was his favorite term for addressing God. It appears on his lips some sixty-five times in the Synoptic Gospels and over one hundred times in John. The exact term Jesus used is still found three times in the New Testament ( Mark 14:36 ; Rom 8:15-16 ; Gal 4:6 ) but elsewhere the Aramaic term Abba is translated by the Greek pater [pathvr]. The uniqueness of Jesus' teaching on this subject is evident for several reasons. For one, the rarity of this designation for God is striking. There is no evidence in pre-Christian Jewish literature that Jews addressed God as "Abba. " A second unique feature about Jesus' use of Abba as a designation for God involves the intimacy of the term. Abba was a term little children used when they addressed their fathers. At one time it was thought that since children used this term to address their fathers the nearest equivalent would be the English term "Daddy." More recently, however, it has been pointed out that Abba was a term not only that small children used to address their fathers; it was also a term that older children and adults used. As a result it is best to understand Abba as the equivalent of "Father" rather than "Daddy."

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The ONE GOD logo is a trademarked logo used to symbolize God The Father. As the cross reminds us of Jesus and the dove is a symbol of the Holy Spirit, let us display the Theta to remind ourselves and others that there is One God who is the Father of All.

 


 

ONE GOD who is the Father of all, (Ephesians 4:6) tells us that God the Father is indeed the Father of all humanity. We worship Him through our own traditions and religions. It was Jesus who taught us to pray to Him in Matthew 6:9, "Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy." (New Living Translation) There is ONLY One God.

The Father is the one person of the Godhead who seeks our devotion and worship. We must take time daily to connect with Him through the gift of His Son, seek His guidance and direction through the Holy Spirit, and worship Him in spirit and truth as Jesus suggested in John 4:23-24, " But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Let us not forget it was the Father who loved us so much that He gave His only Son that whoever believes in Him will have everlasting life.

ONE GOD, who is the Father of All.

 

 

Related Scriptures

PROVERBS 30:4 Who has ascended into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son's name, if you know? 5 Every word of God ['eloah] is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. (NKJV)

MALACHI 2:10 Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? . . . (NKJV)

I JOHN 5:20 We know too that the Son of God has come, and has given us the power to know the true God.
We are in the true God, as we are in his Son, Jesus Christ. This is the true God, this is eternal life.
(Jerusalem Bible)

John recapitulates his opening verses in chapter 1: "that eternal life which was with the Father" (verse 2, as "the word was with God" John 1:1), and "truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ (verse 3).

I CORINTHIANS 8:6 . . . 6 Yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live. (NKJV)

EPHESIANS 4:4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. (NKJV)

I TIMOTHY 2:5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, (NKJV)

JAMES 2:19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe; and tremble! (NKJV)