Lesson 7

God the Father

Definition:

There is but one God who exists in three persons. God the Father sent His Son. The Son did the will of the Father and in so doing brought glory to the Father.

Meaning:

The fact that there is one God who exists in Three Persons is difficult to understand. That is evident alone by the Hebrew attempt at structuring the way they wrote God's name in the plural form describing a singular verb or adjective. Yet it is important to understand in order to be able to develop a right relationship with God. Each Person of the Trinity is an infinite being. Man in his finite thinking can only offer finite explanations of how this can be. One way is seen by adding infinity to infinity to infinity. Three infinite things don't just add up to three more infinite things but one infinite thing. Similarly the Three Infinite Persons of the Trinity add up to One Infinite Godhead.

Scripture Support:

Matthew 5:16
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Luke 23:34
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

I Corinthians 8:6
But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

Luke 11:2
And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Gather which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.

John 16:32
Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Conclusion:

God the Father can only be reached through the Son.

Application:

I need to believe in the Son and follow His example of how to live. In so doing I will bring glory to the Father as the Son did.