God is Father

But God when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!" So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God. Galatians 4:4-7

What awesome news! Those who put their faith in Christ become the adopted sons of God and heirs of God. We, by God's grace, can cry out to God, "Daddy!" and he will hear us and come running.

We are all sons of God (even the ladies). In the Old and New Testament the Fathers gave a majority of their inheritance to the firstborn son. The firstborn son was honored above all the other children. In Christ we are all firstborn sons of God. We are heirs. We receive all that the firstborn son receives. Do not get tripped up by the language.

The greatest example of how we should relate to God as our Father is Jesus Christ. Jesus' identity was founded on him being God's one and only son. When Jesus spoke to God he always called him "Father".

This Sunday I am going to teach on four areas in which Jesus related to God as Father and how we should see these as examples for us to relate to God as father. The four areas are:
1. authority
2. affection
3. fellowship
4. honor

All of the ways that Jesus related to God extends to the adopted children of God. We should relate to God as Jesus related to Him. Read the verses this weekend and immerse yourself in thinking of how we are children of God through Christ.