JOHN
14:6-9 Pastor
Rick Jackson
Everyone has several fathers- most of which you cannot
choose. The most important Father you can have must be a choice that you make.
Now of the fathers you cannot choose let us quickly disperse the discussion of
them. Adam is the father of us all even as Eve is the mother of all living [Lk.
3:38, 1 Corinthians 15:22, Rm. 5:12-14]. Of course from our immediate biological
father all the way back to Adam we have a multitude of “fathers”. Because we
are sinners, before we trust Christ, we have a spiritual father- who like our
biological fathers is one we don’t choose. Jesus said to a religious, but lost
crowd in John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your
father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the
truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of
his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. It is at this point that you
can make a choice- you can choose to have God be your spiritual Father and the
Devil will become your enemy. If you do not make this choice- then you are at enmity
with God- which is about the most foolish thing we could do [Jn. 1:12, Romans
8:7].
I. HOW SHALL WE DESCRIBE
THE FATHER?
1. He is the Father of Mercies [2 Corinthians 1:3-4]
2. He is the Father of Glory [Ephesians 1:17]
3. He is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ [Ephesians
3:14]
4. He is the Father of Spirits [Hebrews 12:9]
5. He is the Father of Lights [James 1:17]
II. WHAT PERFECT GIFTS
HAS THE FATHER GIVEN? [James 1:17]
1. The Word of God is Perfect [James 1:25]
2. The Lord Jesus Christ is Perfect [John 16:27-28]
3. The Holy Spirit is Perfect [John 15:26]
III. WHAT CAN WE GIVE
THE FATHER? [Ps. 116:12]
1. We can Give Him Worship [John 4:21-23, Ephesians 3:14]
2. We can Give Him Honour [John 5:23]
3. We can Give Him Glory [Romans 15:6, Ps. 29:1-2]
4. We can Give Thanks [Ephesians 5:20, Colossians 1:3, 12, 3:17]
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