Happy Father's Day!

The only thing better than being the father of my two children is being a son of God. 1 John 3:1-2


Below is an excerpt from today's sermon. You can hear the audio at hbfcass.org:

It is Father’s Day. What do you think of when you think of the word Father? Who do you think of? Some of you, like me have loving memories of your earthly father. You know intuitively that the love that you received from your earthly father is only a glimpse of the eternal glory of the heavenly Father.

Others have a gut wrenching emotional pain or resentment when they think of the earthly father who may have abandoned them of abused them.

Regardless of what emotional response the word Father conjures up in your heart and mind, it is important this morning that we acknowledge and appreciate the love of our Heavenly Father. We all may have peace knowing there is a God in Heaven who wants you to call him Father. He eclipses your best or worst experience with your earthly Father and offers you the ability to know him, share him and reproduce his image (The Lord Jesus Christ) in the lives of your disciples.

It’s Father’s Day. Is God your Father?

There are some who are religious; who think coming to church is what makes God their Father. They would be wrong. There are some who are convinced they can call God Father because they are a “good person”. They too are wrong. Still others, who like the Pharisees, thought they could call God Father because of an ancestor who had a relationship with the Lord. That is wrong as well.

There is only one way to call God Father. You may call God Father when you repent and receive the Son as your atonement for sin.

Abraham was the Father of many nations, but Jesus is the author of eternal life according to Hebrews 5:8-9.

The Father says you are my son when you acknowledge the sacrifice of my Son. When we call upon His name, the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, the bible teaches we are saved. We become sons of God according to 1 John 3:1-2 & John 1:12.

Do you know God as your Father? It’s Father’s Day!

Today the role of the Father is under attack. To be a man of authority in your home or in this culture is difficult in a culture that will bow its knee to no authority other than its own whim and pleasure. Being a Father is difficult. God the Father knows how difficult it is to love those for whom he has authority over. He is a Father who watched as his children chose the lies of Satan over the Truth of His Word. The Father knows how difficult it is to be a Father. He knows the pain of winning an argument and losing his sons. He knows what it is like to exercise tough love and cast our 1/3 of the angels from the place he had set aside for them.

God the Father knows the joy of Fatherhood. He understands the joy of seeing his only begotten Son come into the world just like you saw your children born. The only difference is that this world didn’t have room for his son from the day of his birth to the day of his death.

The Father knows what it is like to encourage his Son when he does a good thing, like submit to baptism, or preach the Kingdom to a nation who would not receive it. The Father knows what it is like to have to give up his son in order to receive him again.

It’s Father’s Day! The Father knows what it is like to see his son suffer alone while He is helpless to help his cries.

The Father knows what it is like to see his son home from a long journey, bestow upon him all his honor, authority and glory. The Father looks forward to the fruit that is produced through his Son in millions if not billions of souls.

It’s Father’s Day! Do you know the Father through His Son Jesus Christ?

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