Words of The Day

Our Father

The Hebrew word for father is ab (pronounced awb) meaning chief, patrimony and principal. The Greek word for father is pater (pronounced pat-ayr) meaning father or parent. The Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictationary Tenth Edition defines father as a man who has begotten a child; God the First Person of the Trinity; or one that originates or institutes.

A large part of our society does not reflect the order of God had originally given. Society has tried to remove every vestige of who a father is, his purpose, and function in a family. Through this perversion of the father’s role in the family the devil has tried to destroy the way we relate our Heavenly Father, the Living God.

Jesus Instructions

Although many people in our society do not have earthly fathers that they communicate with in life, or who have been an active part of their lives, our Heavenly Father desires you to talk with Him. In (Mathew 6:1-18) Jesus teaches us that we are to talk with God who is our Father, it reads; Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
2Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
3But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
4That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
5And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
6But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
7But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
8Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
9After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11Give us this day our daily bread.
12And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
14For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
15But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
16Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
17But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
18That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

Over, and over again, Jesus Christ taught us to address God our Father. He did not want us see God as the intimidating person that many in the Old Testament viewed Him as, rather He wanted us to see Him as our tender loving Father, which is in (Isaiah 9:6) it reads: 6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Although they had this scripture, they yet could not understand the relationship that God was trying to establish with them, of the Everlasting Father with His children.

God Bless you as we share the word.