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Not Every Father Has The Ability To Love Like Christ
Contributed by Gregory Thomas on Jun 13, 2001 (message contributor)
Summary: FATHERS DAY IS EVERYDAY TO THE TRUE FATHER, WHO IS GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON AND GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO ALL LIVES IN US, CREATING A TRUE FATHERLY PERSONA, ACTIONS AND MOST OF ALL LOVE.
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THESE THINGS I COMMAND YOU, THAT YE LOVE ONE ANOTHER
WHEN YOU BEHOLD THESE SCRIPTURES, YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THIS COMMANDMENT IS UNTO THE INNER CIRCLE AS WELL AS THE OUTSIDE, THEREFORE, IT WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY THAT THIS COMMANDMENT IS A TWO FOLD COMMANDMENT PRESCRIBED TO FATHERS AND CHILDREN, FATHERS BEING AT THE FORFRONT BECAUSE GOD HAS SO ORDERED THAT THE FATHER BE THE PRIEST AND KING OF HIS HOUSEHOLD.
LET US SET THE STAGE AROUND THE FATHER AND MAKE THESE
SCRIPTURES APPLICABLE TO THE FATHER AND THE LOVE HE MUST SHOW TO HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN.
THE LORD HAS ALLOWED ME TO CREATE AN ACRONYM THAT
DEPICTS THE FATHER AND HIS DEMEANOR.
THE TRUE FATHER IS DEVOTED AND FAITHFUL
THE TRUE FATHER IS UNDERSTANDING AND APREHENSIVE
THE TRUE FATHER IS DEPENDABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY
PSALM 56:4,11
THE TRUE FATHER IS SANCTIFIED AND HOLY
THE TRUE FATHER IS BOTH KING AND EMPOROR
THE TRUE FATHER IS RESPECTFUL AND REVERANT
I. THE TRUE FATHER IS DEVOTED AND FAITHFUL
GALATIAN 5:22-23
22) BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE,
LONGSUFFERING, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS AND FAITH,
23) MEEKNESS, TEMPERANCE: AGAINST SUCH THERE IS NO LAW.
THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE WHO POESESSES THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE FATHER IN HEAVEN, IN THAT HE LOVES HIS FAMILY UNCEASINGLY.
THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE WHOSE LOVE ASSURES THE FAMILY THAT ALTHOUGH THEY DID NOT MAKE EARTHLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, OR HAVE NOT AMOUNTED TO WHAT HE EXPECTED. HE YET LOVED THEM, KNOWING THAT SILVER AND GOLD HE HAD NOT BUT WHAT HE HAD HE GAVE THEM; THE SAME LOVE GOD GAVE HIM. WITH JOY HE RECEIVED THEM, WITH PEACE IN HIS HEART HE WAS FAITHFUL IN HIS PROCLAMATION HE HAD MADE TO CHRIST, AND QUICK TO SHARE IT WITH THE FAMILY. WITH LONGSUFFERING HE STAYED ON BENDED KNEES GIVING GOD THE REVERANCE DUE HIM. WITH GOODNESS HE DID NOT BEGAN AND END OUTSIDE HIS HOME, HE BEGAN IN THE HOME AND ENDED IN THE HOME, UNDERSTANDING THAT CHARITY BEGAN AT HOME. WITH FAITH HE WAS SAVED THROUGH GRACE.
II. THE FATHER IS UNDERSTANDING AND APREHENSIVE.
(5) THEN SHALT THOU UNDERSTAND THE FEAR OF THE LORD, AND FIND THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.
THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE WHO IS UNDERSTANDING, IN THAT, HE UNDERSTANDS THE NEED OF THE FEAR OF GOD, NOT IN A MORBIT SENSE, IN THE SENSE THAT THIS PLACEMENT OF FEAR WITHIN HIS HOME WILL BRINGFORTH THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE NEED FOR SPIRITUALITY IN HIMSELF FIRST AND UNTO HIS FAMILY.
A TRUE FATHER LOVES - LIKE CHRIST LOVES
III. THE TRUE FATHER IS DEPENDABLE AND TRUSTING
PSALM 56:4,11
(4) IN GOD I WILL PRAISE HIS WORD, IN GOD I HAVE PUT MY TRUST, I WILL NOT FEAR WHAT FLESH CAN DO TO ME.
(11) IN GOD HAVE I PUT MY TRUST: I WILL NOT BE AFRAID WHAT CAN MAN DO UNTO ME.
THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE WHO HAS PLACED GOD AT THE FORFRONT OF HIS LIFE AND HAS PUT HIS TRUST IN HIM 100%. THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE WHO IS DEPENDABLE, IN THAT WHEN YOU NEED HIM HE’S THERE GIVING YOU 100% OF HIMSELF AS CHRIST GAVE 100% FOR HIM. THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE WHO IS TRUSTING, IN THAT, YOU CAN CONFIDE IN HIM TO HOLD YOUR INNER MOST SECRET AS YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER DOES WHEN YOU PETITION TO HIM.
IV. THE FATHER IS SANCTIFIED AND HOLY
BUT AS HE WHICH HATH CALLED YOU IS HOLY, SO BE YE HOLY IN ALL MANNER OF CONVERSATION.
THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE WHO HAS HAS BEEN CALLED TO
SANCTIFICATION AND THEREFORE, IN HIS CONVERSATION YOU WILL IDENTIFY THE CHRIST IN HIM. THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE WHO HAS BEEN CALLED INTO HOLLINESS AND BY CHRISTIAN ETTIQUETTE YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THE CHRIST IN HIM. THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE WHO HAS RECEVEIVED THESE QUALITIES FROM CHRIST NOT TO HORD BUT TO SHARE AMONGST HIS FAMILY.
V. THE FATHER IS KING AND EMPOROR
(3) BUT I WOULD HAVE YOU KNOW, THAT THE HEAD OF EVERY MAN IS CHRIST; AND THE HEAD OF THE WOMAN IS THE MAN; AND THE HEAD OF CHRIST IS GOD.
THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE WHO HAS PLACED CHRIST AS KINGS OF THE FAMILY. THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE WHO HAS PLACED HIMSELF AS EMPOROR. THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE HAS PLACED GOD ABOVE CHRIST, GOD AND CHRIST ABOVE HIMSELF AND HIMSELF ABOVE HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN. THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE WHO HAS PLACED GOD AT THE HEAD OF EVERYTHING, EVERYBODY AND EVERYONE.
THE TRUE FATHER IS RESPECTFUL AND REVERENT
(7) GOD IS GREATLY TO BE FEARED IN THE ASSEMBLY OF THE
