PROMISE #342 - DECEMBER 8
Promise #342:
I am the perfect Father.
Matthew 5:48 (WEB)
Therefore you shall be perfect,
just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
In the Old Testament, God was revealed through over 300 different names (i.e., Jehovah, El Shaddai, Adonai, etc.), but in the New Testament, Jesus reveals God through one name,’ Father.' God is all about being a Father. Father is who He is. God is referred to as Father in every book of the New Testament except for one.
The summary of New Testament revelation can be found in one Bible verse in John 20:17 after Jesus comes out of the tomb and bumps into Mary in the garden. These are His words... Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” (NIV)
Jesus died so that His Father could become our Father. No matter how wonderful our earthly fathers are, we still need love from the perfect heavenly Father. If the best dad's love is a drop, our heavenly Dad's love is the ocean!
My prayer is that we will all have a deeper revelation of God's fatherhood today and that His amazing love will dismantle every misconception that we have of His perfect Father's heart.
I am the perfect Father.
Matthew 5:48 (WEB)
Therefore you shall be perfect,
just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
In the Old Testament, God was revealed through over 300 different names (i.e., Jehovah, El Shaddai, Adonai, etc.), but in the New Testament, Jesus reveals God through one name,’ Father.' God is all about being a Father. Father is who He is. God is referred to as Father in every book of the New Testament except for one.
The summary of New Testament revelation can be found in one Bible verse in John 20:17 after Jesus comes out of the tomb and bumps into Mary in the garden. These are His words... Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” (NIV)
Jesus died so that His Father could become our Father. No matter how wonderful our earthly fathers are, we still need love from the perfect heavenly Father. If the best dad's love is a drop, our heavenly Dad's love is the ocean!
My prayer is that we will all have a deeper revelation of God's fatherhood today and that His amazing love will dismantle every misconception that we have of His perfect Father's heart.