4 things we needed our fathers to say to us: I love you. You are my beloved child. I m glad you were born.

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1 Healing Streams Ministry, Savannah, GA. All scriptures are from the ESV unless otherwise noted. In the previous lesson we looked at how Jesus is restoring to us the lost vision of our true humanity. We saw that the image of ourselves we carry in our hearts must match up with who we are as new creations remade in His image, or we will unwittingly block our own growth with false understandings of who we are. Even so, Jesus, because He is fully human and fully divine, also restores to us a true Image of what our Father is really like. It is an incredible thing that God can restore to us these two glorious images, once lost and broken through the Fall by means of revealing the Godman, our Lord Jesus Christ! We are created to bear God s image. Image is everything in the spiritual life. Not the image we can recite but the image we carry deep within our heart. The image we hold of God the Father hidden away deep in our hearts will determine how we will seek the Father, how we will respond to what He allows in our lives, and how we will act towards others. Jesus kept His eyes constantly on the true Image of the Father and all that He did flowed out of that (Jn 14:9-11). This is the all essential matter of keeping the heart set rightly (Pr 4:23). The idea we have of Father God is often mis-shaped by Adam s nature, earthly fathers and church tradition. It can be a fallen image buried in our heart distorting the true Image. Adam s nature is in all of us: it seeks to hide from God in fear and shame. Our fathers (and mothers) may have been distant, over-bearing, unaffectionate, abusive, harsh in discipline, angry in punishment, sinful, threatening. Our spiritual fathers (and mothers), even beloved pastors and teachers may have planted wrong images of the Father as somehow different in His heart towards us than Jesus. None of these distorted images reveal Father God. They really resemble the enemy instead. These false images must be cast down! We cast them down, first by forgiving the ones who sowed distorted images in us; then by renouncing the lie and confessing the truth. Our fathers (and mothers) can contribute to a distorted image of Father God, because they are as a god to us when we are little teaching us right from wrong and exercising power over us. As children we are looking to see God in our fathers all the more so since our hearts are blocked from knowing the heavenly Father s love and presence by the sin nature. No earthly father entirely measures up, but a solid foundation of affection, love and proper discipline makes a huge difference in forming who we will grow up to become. 4 things we needed our fathers to say to us: I love you. You are my beloved child. I m glad you were born. I m proud of you. You re a good son (or daughter). Every home needs a godly father. Godly order in scripture shows us that the head of the woman is the man; the head of the man is Christ; the head of Christ is the Father. The father sets the emotional tone of a household. The first word babies often say is dada. God

2 defends the fatherless. Fathers and/or husbands who are not spiritually covering their families leave children as orphans and wives as widows. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. James 1:27 Facts about failed fathering. In the USA over 90% of prisoners are males; 95% of those on death row hated their fathers. Many prisoners don t even know who their fathers were. The father wound is pervasive and deadly. 1 It carries a societal curse a heavy consequence in the land. Small wonder that so much restoration is needed in our own day. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse. Malachi 4:5-6 WEB How we relate to God the Father. People often think they begin with knowing God the Father. Actually we only know Him by Name as Father God, but relate to Him more as the great high God. Jesus came to reveal Him personally and much more intimately as Abba, just as He also came to baptize us with the Holy Spirit. The order of the 3 great pilgrimage feasts reveals something about our new life in Christ that is very interesting. Passover comes first. It relates to Jesus. Next comes Pentecost which relates to the Holy Spirit. Finally, after a long growth period, Tabernacles, the Feast of Harvest, relates to the Father. The revelation of the Father is not automatic, but it is absolutely necessary for establishing our hearts in grace. The revelation of the Father s glorious grace. God the Father revealed His glory to Moses. The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, "The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. Exodus 34:6 This is the glory that we all fall short of revealing the glory of The Father s Love and Mercy. For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23 So great is His glorious grace and mercy that our Father in heaven does not even hold our sins against us. He hates our sins and in His goodness will work to bring us to repentance over them so that we can be cleansed of them, but He does not impute them to us. That is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them. 2 Corinthians 5:19 Jesus came to reveal the Father and restore His true image to us by His life and death. Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6 Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us." Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? John 14:8-10 God the Father expressed His love for Jesus. There are three words of God that Jesus audibly heard recorded in scripture. The true Father affirmed and loved His Son. At His baptism (Mt 3:17) On the mount of transfiguration (Lk 9:35) Before the cross (Jn 12:28) For the Father Himself loves you. John 16:27 The Father has the same love for you. He desires to affirm and express His love to you. For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. John 16:27

3 I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me. John 17:23 This is what our gracious Father is really like! The Father delights to give us the Kingdom. Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Luke 12:32 The Father has no darkness about Him there is no shadow or possibility of evil. This is the message which we have heard from Him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 1 John 1:5 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. James 1:17 The Father disciplines only in love it is the goodness of God that draws us to repent. For the LORD reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights. Proverbs 3:12 Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? Romans 2:4 The Father is unconditional love gives His rain to just and unjust alike. But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. Matthew 5:44-46 The Father is totally reconciled to us the way we are completely accepted in Christ. Wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. Ephesians 1:6 KJV It was God in Christ, reconciling and restoring the world to favor with Himself, not counting up and holding against [men] their trespasses [but cancelling them]. 2 Corinthians 5:19 AMP Here is the idea made simple the Father is just like Jesus! I and the Father are one. John 10:30 If this is Who God really is to you and for you, then actually knowing and believing it will produce joy and peace in you and love through you in any moment of your life in which you touch this living reality by faith (Ro 15:13). Faith is what puts us in touch with REALITY. Not to live in a faith like this is to live a bad dream from which One Day we will all be awakened in His Presence. Why not awaken now? End notes for The Father s Love 1 Father Wound concept from Gordon Dalbey, Father and Son (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1992), 4-7.

4 Write a list of what your earthly father seemed to be like when you were very young. If he was absent by death or duty or had abandoned the family, be sure to put that on the list even if you didn t actually know him. Perception is often more important than reality in the shaping of our emotional life. Remember the world, flesh and devil were at work to mis-shape your personality when you were very young. Write another list of what you have deep down thought (or feared) your heavenly Father was like when you were in painful or scary trials. Trials have a way of bringing the secret thoughts of our hearts up to the surface (see Job 23:13-17). Do you see any connections? Make careful note of them and pray over them. Have you had times in your life when you questioned the Father s love for you? (It is no secret to Him nor does it weaken His love for you. So be honest!). What were those times like outwardly? How did it feel inwardly? How did it influence you to act whenever you were in real doubt about the Father s perfect love for you personally? Was your behavior worse than it might have been? Why did the prodigal take so long before he finally went home to the Father (Lk 17:15-19)? What kind of image of his father did he seem to carry in his heart? Why do you suppose he left his father in the first place (think in terms of his possible mis-perceptions of his father s ways, not the beckoning of the world)? Why does it sometimes take you so long to return to the Father, when you have strayed away? When you find you have strayed, how hard is it for you to take the express elevator (Heb 4:16) to Your Father s wide open door? What could help you shorten the time of return? We have been commanded not to bow down to or serve false images of God. We become like (serve) the image of God that we carry in our heart of hearts. The deep images even Christians carry of the Father are often distorted ones. Distorted images can come through Adam s nature, parents and church traditions. Jesus came to reveal the Father: He says that the Father is just like Himself. We need to recognize and cast down all distorted images and hold fast to the True. As we behold the true image of the Father we our hearts can become established.

5 Jesus says that He reveals the Father in all that He says and does. Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us." Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. John 14:8-10 Study the way of Jesus in two books. Both of these books reveal the Father. 1) First, in the pages of the gospel, look to see how Jesus handles situations and people this will show you exactly what the Father is like. See also 2 Corinthians 13:4-8, Philippians 4:4-8, and Galatians 5:22 to see what Jesus is like. 2) Then review the pages of your inner diary. Take careful remembrance of the times you have been touched by Jesus, encountered Jesus, been loved or rescued by Jesus those also are revealing the Father to you. He would never have been that way with you, if He hadn t seen the Father wanting it to be so. Study these scriptures. Take them to heart. Commit those to memory that your heart most needs to believe in your times of fear and doubt.* I am loved by the Father Jeremiah 31:3 He has loved me with an everlasting love. I have never not been loved. John 3:16 God loves me so much He gave His only Son to die for me so I might have life. John 16:27 The Father loves me so much He wants to express His love to me. John 17:23, 26 The Father loves me just as much as He loves His Son Jesus. Ephesians 2:4-6 Even when I have sinned, the Father loves me and seats me with Him in Christ. Ephesians 3:19 The Father wants to fill me to overflowing with His love. 1 John 3:1 God has extended His love to me and called me His child. Romans 5:6-10 Even when I was ungodly, a sinner, an enemy, the Father sent Jesus to save me. I am accepted by the Father John 1:12 I am called a child of God. John 15:15 I am called Christ s friend. Romans 5:1 In Christ it is just as if I had never sinned. 1 Cor. 6:19 I belong to the Father. 1 Cor. 12:27 I am a member of Christ s body. 2 Cor. 5:19 The Father is not holding, counting or imputing my sins against me. Ephesians 1:5 I have been adopted by Father God. Colossians 2:10 I am complete in Christ. Hebrews 11:16 God is not ashamed to be my God. I am secure in the Father Romans 8:1-2 I am free forever from condemnation. Romans 8:31 The Father will always be for me. Romans 8:35 Nothing can separate me from the Father s love. Colossians 1:14 God has redeemed me and forgiven all my sins. Colossians 3:3 I am hidden with Christ in the Father. Philippians 3:20 I am a citizen of heaven. 2 Timothy 1:7 I have not been given a spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind. Hebrews 4:16 I can go boldly to the Father and find grace and mercy in my time of need. 1 John 4:18 Father God s perfect, unconditional love casts out all of my fears. 1 John 5:18 I belong to God, and the evil one has no right to touch me.

6 Romans 8:31-33 The Father does not accuse me or condemn me. John 5:22 The Father does not judge me. 1 John 1:9 The Father forgives me and cleanses me from all my sin as I confess it to Him. I have purpose in the Father Matthew 5:13-14 I am the salt and light of the earth. John 15:16 I have been chosen to bear fruit. Acts 1:8 I am a witness of God to the world. 2 Cor. 5:18 I am a minister of reconciliation for God. 2 Cor. 5:20 I am God s ambassador to the world. Philippians 2:13 God is at work in me both to will and to do His good pleasure upon the earth. Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. *Compiled by Jack Frost, Shiloh Place Ministries, Conway, SC Forgive your parents and claim your God-given heritage through them. Forgive spiritual leaders and church traditions and release them to God. Father, in the Name of Jesus, I choose by an act of my will to forgive my father/mother for all the ways that he/she failed me or hurt me. I repent for agreeing with the enemy in bitterness about my father/mother. I renounce those things in my life. I gratefully accept Your forgiveness of me and I choose to forgive myself and to fully accept myself as the child of the father/mother You gave me. Holy Spirit please come. Heal my broken heart: Show me and tell me your truth. Confess/renounce previous agreements with untruth; confess/believe Truth as your new Way of life. Confess and renounce any unbelief in the Father s perfect love for you. Confess and choose to believe the Truth by an act of your will. Learn scriptures that will help you take your stand! Father, I confess that I have let the enemy and my own life experiences build up false images about You that have kept me from running to You. But those days are ending now! From now on I will fight to believe in the truth about You that Jesus is revealing to me. I will fight to run to You when I am tempted or in need. I will seek Your grace even in my places of deepest disgrace. Let Your perfect love cast out all of my fears! Learn to run to Home Base! Begin each day intentionally checking to see if your heart really believes these 5 great liberating truths about God the Father. Your Father is always: 1) Loving you with a full heart of affection (Jn 17:23). 2) Forgiving you with overflowing mercy and grace (He 4:16). 3) Saving you eager and able to help when called (Jer 33.3). 4) Planning for you to give you a hope-filled future (Jer 29:11). 5) Redeeming you making all things work for good (Ro 8:28). If your heart doesn t believe these truths, go to work! Jesus said that believing the truth about God is our work (Jn 6:29). Repentance is turning back to the love that never turns from you. So, don t make Father do all the running Learn to run to Him!

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