FATHERS DAY 2026

Fathers Day Gift

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1 Corinthians 4 ESV

1 This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful. 3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. 4 For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me. 5 Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God. 6 I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another. 7 For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it? 8 Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! Without us you have become kings! And would that you did reign, so that we might share the rule with you! 9 For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. 10 We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. 11 To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and buffeted and homeless, 12 and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; 13 when slandered, we entreat. We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, the refuse of all things. 14 I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. 15 For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. 16 I urge you, then, be imitators of me. 17 That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church. 18 Some are arrogant, as though I were not coming to you. 19 But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk of these arrogant people but their power. 20 For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power. 21 What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?

There is a big difference between a teacher & a father,

here is a few

What Paul is saying…..

Paul is making a distinction between teachers and fathers:

Teachers will…. and can instruct, advise, and provide knowledge. Teachers

Fathers…invest personally, nurture, protect, correct, and take responsibility for the growth of those they lead.

Fathers more closely align to God than teachers do.. and paul is saying that in CHRIST - He has become a father to them like God is to us,

Paul was the one who first brought the Corinthians to faith in Jesus. Because he introduced them to the gospel and helped establish them spiritually, he viewed himself as their spiritual father.

The deeper meaning HERE IS What i would like to focus on….

PAUL IS IMPRESSING SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT - WITHOUT A FATHER ITS DIFFICULT TO SEE GOD THE FATHER

Information is abundant; true spiritual parenting is rare. A father doesn't just teach truth—he models it, sacrifices for others, and helps them mature. Spiritual fatherhood is based on relationship, not authority alone.

What does that sound like to you? its the heart of the FATHER>

1.THE FATHERS HEART IS THAT ALL WOULD BECOME SONS AND DAUGHTERS.

2 Peter 3:9 ESV

9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

2.THE FATHERS HEART IS THAT WE WOULD GROW AND MATURE

THAT WE NOW//// IN HIS FAMILY WOULD MATURE INTO THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF THE SON.

God wants us to grow up

He wants us to go on into maturity…. thats going to take the work of the spirit of God within us.

the question is, will we yield to the spirits work in us?

Because thats his heart for all of us…

“GOD LOVES YOU SO MUCH TO NOT LEAVE YOU WHERE HE FOUND YOU”

What does that mean… he wants you to grow

to get better

to mature

to begin to express all the fruits of the spirit… and the likeness of the son.

3.THE FATHERS HEART HAS BEEN FULLY REVEALED IN THE SON.

Do you want to know what your heavenly father is like? What he is really like?

We can know..

We just look to Jesus - and we know all that we need to about the Father.

And we can know also what He wants.

Because Jesus lets us in on what He wants

John 17:11 ESV

11 And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.

John 17:21 ESV

21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.