There are three reasons God often approaches us in a form that disguises His divinity. Listen to this revealing series by Derek Prince to discover God’s purposes behind the mystery of disguises. God wants us to desire Him apart from His power and blessing.

Today Derek finishes this study by going back over those four results that come through knowing God as a Father. You know who you are and who your Father is. You know that you have a home in heaven. You now have total security. And your number one goal is to please your Father. Then your life will speak volumes to those who are desperately searching for those assurances. And you can give them the solution!

Derek reveals the fourth result from knowing the God as Father. This is our motivation to serve Him. Jesus’ motivation was to please the Father, and that must be a priority in our lives as well. Derek once was success-driven, and relates some early experiences that failed to bring fulfillment. It was after knowing God as a Father that he experienced a desire to please.

Derek speaks on four important results that come from knowing God as Father, the first three of which are covered today. First, it will give you a sense of personal identity—you know who you really are. Next, you will know that you have a home in heaven. The third result is having total security. When you’re in the Father’s hand there is nothing that can snatch you away.

In today’s study, Derek looks at how Jesus revealed God as Father. He did this by living like a Son of God, trusting in and obeying His Father. He came to reveal the Father’s heart to a world that didn’t know what it was to have a loving, merciful Father who cared for them and offered them rest.

Derek begins this week's message about knowing God as your Father. That entails not just knowing about Him, but actually knowing the reality of your relationship with Him. Jesus said no one could come to the Father except through Him. To illustrate this, Derek tells of his own experience in discovering this truth after he was saved.

Derek finishes this week's theme with a retelling of his adventure with God in the Sudan. Then he looks at the Parable of the Pearl of Great Price. Did you realize that you are that pearl to God? Out of the suffering of an oyster comes a pearl. Likewise, out of the suffering of Jesus, you came forth to be His. That is how valuable you are!

Derek looks at the Parable of the Treasure in the Field to confront you listeners with your importance in God's sight. You are not insignificant or worthless but a treasure to Him; and very valuable. You are the son or daughter that God wanted, and very special to Him. Derek then relates a story from his own life about digging the treasure out of someone he knew.

Examining the events of The Fall and Eve’s dialogue with the serpent, Derek points out that there are three downward steps Eve took concerning the Word of God. First, she doubted God's Word. Next, she disbelieved it. And, finally, she disobeyed it. But in God’s infinite mercy, He sent Jesus to bring us back to Himself.

Derek goes into detail of how a lump of clay was formed by God—a perfect sculpture. He breathed into that clay so that it became a living soul. We are the divine workmanship created for one supreme purpose—to have fellowship with God. Unfortunately, man fell, and this fellowship was separated. But that's not the end of the story!