Light from heaven shines on a man, knowing God as father.
We’ve looked at what God is like (i) in a previous post, but we didn’t look at knowing God as father, as our Heavenly Father. Jesus taught us to pray:
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your Name.”
And John wrote:
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!” 1 John 3:1
If we are believing and trusting Jesus Christ, then that is what we are; children of the living God. But many people will not have God as their father. He will be unknown to them. Jesus came across many who refused to submit to His teaching, and He said to them;
If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I came from God and now I am here. I have not come on My own; but He sent Me. Why is My language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. You belong to your father the devil.” John 8:42
What an abrupt thing to say! But it needed to be said. We all need to ask ourselves the question; ‘Who is my father?’ Not who is our earthly blood father. But is God our Father, or is the Devil our father? If it is the latter, we will have a bitter eternity. If God is our Father then what peace and joy is stored up for us!
It would appear that God did draw a line in the sand and Hitler made a conscious decision to proceed with his plans. The facts come from a documentary “The Nazis: A Warning From History – Hitler’s Path To War”
Can you imagine what the world would be like if there was a fickle God, one who was erratic in his behaviour? What would a relationship be like with Him? Where would you stand with Him? The Bible contains many, many promises, but if God was changeable, these promises would become useless…
Is God distant? A ‘Force’ for good? An old man with a grey beard? What is God like, well throughout the Bible God is spoken as: a real person, a King giving orders and a Master workman carrying out his designs and purposes…
When we ask the question; ‘What is God like?’ We immediately hit a problem. Why? Because God fills the universe, He’s in all places at any given moment. He is also outside of time. Everything from the beginning of eternity, to the end of eternity, is set out in front of Him. All knowledge and wisdom that is to know, He knows, and lots more besides that…
God may be closer than you think, but can God be known? The wonderful truth is yes. But to answer this fully, we have got some more questions which we will provide answers for…
