Sunday, December 5, 2021

Know God Our Father

Know God our Father, the Creator ruling as Lord over all. To say God rules over all is simply to say that God is God, beside whom there is no other. God is omnipotent. He has all power in heaven and earth (Psalm 115:3; Romans 11:36; Revelation 19:6).

Know God our Father fully revealed in the character, teaching, and mighty works of Jesus Christ. God the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world and the Lord over all. He came only to do the Father's will (John 5:19). The life of Jesus reveals the express likeness of who God is (Hebrews 1:3).

Know God our Father's love (1 John 4:8, 16). Any theology that is silent toward God's great love for us in Christ has missed the mark. God is love and the Father's love is for sinners (Romans 5:5-8). God loves all people everywhere (John 3:16). God the Father rules over all in love, justice, righteousness, grace, and mercy.

God is not a terrible tyrant, nor a merciless monarch. Know God our loving Father. He is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. He is Father to all who know him through faith in Christ (Galatians 4:6-7). Yet, God's fatherly nature is revealed to all through common grace, such as creation, fruitful seasons, patience toward those who need to repent, and in sustaining life (Acts 17:24-25).