1 Peter 1:22-23
Seeing ye have purified your
souls in obeying the truth [Romans 10:9-10]
though the Spirit unto unfeigned love
of the brethren, see that ye
love one another with a pure heart fervently:
Being
born again, not of corruptible seed, but
of
incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and aideth for ever.
Before the day of
Pentecost believers were servants of God, the blood line of Israel, and they referred to God as Jehovah, Yahweh (YHWH), "the God of Abraham" or other such
titles. Only Jesus Christ, the only begotten son of God, could
rightfully call God his Father. The truth regarding our sonship
and the father/son relationship we have with Him today can only be
found in the epistles written to the church after the day of
Pentecost. In these seven church epistles you see God
referred to as Our
Father rather than Yahweh or Jehovah.
Romans 1:7
To all that be in Rome,
beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus
Christ.
1 Corinthians
1:3
Grace be unto you, and
peace, from God our Father,
and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians
1:2
Grace be to you and peace
from God our Father, and
from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Galatians 1:3-4
Grace be to you and peace
from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,
Who gave himself for our
sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according
to the will of God and our Father:
Ephesians 1:2
Grace be to you, and peace,
from God our Father, and
from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:2
Grace be unto you, and
peace, from God our Father,
and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Colossians 1:2
To the saints and faithful
brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace,
from God our Father and
the Lord Jesus Christ.
1
Thessalonians 1:1
Paul, and Silvanus, and
Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the
Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from
God our Father, and the
Lord Jesus Christ.
2
Thessalonians 1:1-2
Paul, and Silvanus, and
Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and
the Lord Jesus Christ:
Grace unto you, and peace,
from God our Father and
the Lord Jesus Christ.
Sons of God
Romans 8:15-17
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to
fear; but the ye have received the Spirit of adoption [sonship], whereby we cry, Abba
[daddy],
Father. [Aramaic reads: Father my Father]
The Spirit itself
beareth witness with our spirit, that we are
the children of God: And if
children, then heirs, heirs of God, and
joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that
we may be also glorified together.
Galatians 4:4-7
But when the fulness of
the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under
the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive
the adoption of sons [sonship].
And because ye are sons,
God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying,
Abba [daddy], Father. [Aramaic reads: Father my Father]
Abba is an Aramaic word. It means "father" and is used as we use the more personal term "daddy." The translators left the Aramaic in the Greek translation. However, in the Aramaic translation Abba occurs twice and is rightly translated as Father my Father.
We are not servants as believers were in
the Old Testament. We are born again sons with holy spirit in
us. We are able to have a father/son relationship with God.
We can approach Him and call Him "daddy" because He IS our Father in
truth.
1 Corinthians 2:9-12
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear
heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God
hath prepared for them that love him.
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the
Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit
of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but
the Spirit of God.
Now we have received,
not the spirit of the world, but the
spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are
freely given to us of God.
The greatness of that which God has
prepared for us was not made known to man before it was revealed to the
Apostle Paul. We can know the deep things of God because we have
His gift of holy spirit born in us. Today, we can walk and talk
with God our Father.