God is called Father alone fifteen times inwards the Old Testament, simply 165 times inwards the Gospels.
Using the Aramaic discussion Abba, Jesus deepened our agreement of intimacy in addition to human relationship alongside God.
God didn’t change. He has ever been a loving Father. But Jesus revealed His Father's grapheme to a greater extent than fully.(1)
Jesus explained our demand to live on deeply subject on the Father, bespeak Him for our physical in addition to spiritual needs (Lord’s Prayer).
He demonstrated the Father’s immeasurable dear inwards His sacrifice on the cross for our sake (John 3:16; 1 John 3:1). Wow!
God reveals Himself inwards ways that nosotros tin understand, in addition to that’s why He calls Himself a Father.
"Because nosotros are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to telephone telephone out, 'Abba, Father.'" Galatians 4:6
This Father’s Day, let's honour our Heavenly Father who loves us perfectly. And let's honour our imperfect earthly fathers because our Perfect Father commands it (Ephesians 6:2-3).
(1) See 25 Things Jesus Revealed About His Father
