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GOD'S FATHERSHIP.

     Fathership is the state of being the source of something. We've heard of titles given to people for being the one who started, created, or brought to life something. Our male parents are called fathers because they are part of our production. More than bringing forth, thee nurturing and development of the product is important to the source.
     God is the prototype of everything seen and unseen. That's why those who are called His children are people of faith. Faith is defined as the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen(Hebrews 11:1). Only this virtue can please God and move him to do something great.
   He's the FATHER of all fathers. No matter how great the invention of a person, it can't be as wonderful as creation. Before a father, there was a father and before anyone can be called a father, God had been the Father of all. His creation has been in existence for millions of years and everything he created has the ability to procreate.
    He's the fountain of all creation. He made all things and sustained them by His word( Hebrews 1:3). As the Father of all, He made man His favorite because He made Him after His likeness. In the gospel of Luke, when he was stating the genealogy of Jesus Christ, on getting to Adam the first man, he called him the son of God which made Him the first Father ( Luke 3:38).
    The truth about God's fathership was fully stated when our Lord Jesus Christ was teaching His disciples how to pray. The first phase of the Lord's prayer is " our FATHER who hath in Heaven"( Matthew 6:9), settling the fact that the God we pray to is our father and we can rest assured he will answer our prayers (Matthew 7:11).
   The only reason why anyone would not see God as his/her father is because he/she is faithless. God's love made grace available to us all through the death of His only begotten Son, but an individual's faith in His son makes grace sufficient to the person( Romans 5:2). Through our faith, we are made children by His Love (1John 3:1). This is the reason the world doesn't know us because it doesn't know our Heavenly Father, how can it know the children?
    The state of being a child requires our faith and the gift of the father in us which is the holy spirit ( the spirit of adoption) that helps to cry Abba Father (Galatians 4:6). It isn't by works, but grace. So that no man will boost. We must believe strongly in the Lord that he knows our needs, He wants us to ask Him to receive our desires on a legal ground. The state of God being a Father is due to His love, grace, and Spirit He gave us. God bless His children. Amen! SHALOM!!!

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