God the Father is our Creator, providential Sustainer, and Heavenly Father who has blessed us supremely in Christ and delights in receiving our prayers. In part 3 of We Believe, Pastor Dan Cox reads from John 3:16; 5:17-26; 14:12-17, 1 John 2:28-3:2, Matthew 6:5-13, and Ephesians 1:3-6.
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Study NotesWE BELIEVE… SCRIPTURE
It is the inspired, authoritative, inerrant Word of God.
WE BELIEVE… THE TRINITY
There is one God who eternally exists in three co-equal, co-eternal, consubstantial Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
WE BELIEVE… GOD THE FATHER
We believe the Father originally manifested Himself to man as the Creator of all things who interacts with His world through providence. He is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. All who follow Christ are spiritually begotten by the Father. We are taught to direct our prayers to the Father through Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Eternal Relationships and Roles within the Triune Godhead
Eternal Generation
Eternal generation describes an eternal relationship in which the Son is begotten, not made, by the Father. The Son has no beginning or end, and is of the same essence as the Father, sharing the same divine nature.
It is that eternal and necessary act of the first person in the Trinity, whereby He, within the divine Being, is the ground of a second personal subsistence like His own, and puts this second person in possession of the whole divine essence, without any division, alienation, or change. Louis Berkhof
God the Father…
is the Father of the unique, only begotten Son of Godloves sinful people and gave His Son to save themGod the Father…
continually works to sustain and redeem His creationwills the works of the Sonloves the Son and shows Him what He Himself is doingraises the dead and gives them lifegave judgment to the Sonsent the Sonhas life in Himselfhas granted the Son to have life in HimselfGod the Father…
is glorified by the works of the Sonsends the Holy SpiritGod the Father…
is the spiritual Father of His spiritual childrenwill make His children like the SonGod the Father…
is our heavenly Fatherrewards those who seek Himknows what we need before we askdesires our worship and petitionGod the Father…
has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in Christchose us to be holy and blameless in Christpredestined us for adoption as sons in ChristOur doctrinal statement emphasizes God the Father as…
Creatorprovidential SustainerGod and Father of our Lord Jesus Christspiritual Father of His spiritual childrenthe One to Whom our prayers are directedApplying the Text
Is God the Father your Heavenly Father?Do you worship and petition the Father in the name of the Son by the power of the Spirit?