Being Biblical Fathers

“The idea of Fatherhood in the Godhead itself is unexplainable, inexhaustible, and yet necessary to any comprehension by mortals. It is through this concept that Christians can perceive any idea of one’s personal relationship to the Godhead.” - Roy Lanier, Jr.

Father’s Set The Standard For The Family

1 Peter 1:15–16 NKJV

15 but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”

Ephesians 5:1 NKJV

1 Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.

Fathers are to be an example the family can follow

Matthew 5:48 NKJV

48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Fathers are to provide direction for the family

John 15:15 NKJV

15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.

Fathers are supposed to be providers, caregivers

Romans 8:32 NKJV

32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

Fathers are supposed to be the heads of their families

James 1:18 NKJV

18 Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

1 Corinthians 11:3 NKJV

3 But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

Ephesians 5:23 NKJV

23 For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.

Fathers want what’s best for their family

2 Peter 3:9 NKJV

9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

Fathers love and are loved

Romans 5:8 NKJV

8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

1 John 4:19 NKJV

19 We love Him because He first loved us.