Equip: God the Father
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Intro
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Reason for the class
This is the work of the ministry
12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.
12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. 16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.
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2. Everyone is a theologian
1 You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine.
3. God’s Word sanctifies
17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.
God the Father
God the Father
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What do we learn from this?
Our first and foremost understanding of God is; he is a Father.
What comes to your mind when you think of a Father?
Being a father is not something one does, it is primarily what God is.
How is God our Father?
How is God our Father?
1 What I am saying is that as long as an heir is underage, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate. 2 The heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father. 3 So also, when we were underage, we were in slavery under the elemental spiritual forces of the world. 4 But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. 6 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.”
God the Father sends the Son with the expressed purpose of securing our adoptions. His purpose is to be our Fathers.
Once we were adopted, He places his Spirit into our hearts and the Spirit calls out Abba, Father.
The Spirit forces us to cry out “My Dad!” He forces us to experience knowing our new Father.
What does a Good Father do?
What does a Good Father do?
He provides - ; ;
13 “My people have committed two sins:
They have forsaken me,
the spring of living water,
and have dug their own cisterns,
broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
He protects - ; ;
He disciplines - ;
7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
He loves - ; ;
How does this change...
How does this change...
The way you read your Bible?
The way you pray?
The way that you experience difficulty?