Father God

What is your image of God?

Ethereal

Frightening and Powerful

Final Judgment for your Sin

Distant but reaching out to you

On the adventure with you

אב(Ab*)

* From Nelson’s Expository Dictionary of the Old Testament (Unger)*2 Webster’s 20th Century Dictionary - Unabridged

Father(fader, fadir, faeder, vaier, fatar, pater, pitar)*2

One who creates, invents, makes, originates, or composes anything; the author.

One who begets a child.…

Author(autour, autor, auctor, augere)*2

One who produces, creates, brings into being

אלהים(Elohim)

Genesis 1.1In the beginning God (Elohim) created the heavens and the earth

….

God introduces Himself as the One in Whom All Powers ExistsThe Mighty One or All Mighty

Isaiah 6.1In the year of King Uzziah’s death, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne,

lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple.….

Daniel 7.9-10I kept looking until thrones were set up and the Ancient of Days took

His seat. His vesture was like white snow, and the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was ablaze with flames. Its wheels were burning fire. A river of fire was flowing and coming out from before Him. Thousands upon thousands were attending Him. A myriads

upon myriads were standing before Him.

Frightening and Powerful

Genesis 22God: Abraham, take your son, your

only son, and go to Moriah to offer him.

Abraham: Stay here with the donkey. I and the boy will go, we will worship, and return to you.

Isaac: Father, we have fire, we have wood, but where is the lamb for the offering.

Abraham: God will provide for Himself

Genesis 22

Angel: Abraham! Do nothing to the boy!For I know you fear God since you would not withhold even your son!

Abraham turned and saw a ram caught in thicket by his horns

Abraham offered the ram in sacrifice and called the place YHWH Jireh(God Provides)

The Prodigal Son, Luke 15.11-32

“Even servants in my father’s house live better than this.”

And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and ran to him, but….

Righteous Separation

Isaiah 6.1In the year of King Uzziah’s death, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne,

lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple.

….

Isaiah 6.8Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who

will go for us?

דבר(dabar*)

….Word

A matter (as spoken of) or thing; a cause, act, answerFiguratively, to speak, bid, command, commune

* From Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible; Hebrew 1696/1697

Isaiah 55.10-11 KJVFor as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but

watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my WORD be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall

prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

Isaiah 6.8Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?

…. John 1.1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God

….John 1.14

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us….

John 1.29Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

Λογος(logos*)

* From Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible; Greek 3056*2 Webster’s 20th Century Dictionary - Unabridged

Word*2

A brief expression, a remarkA promise; affirmation; assurance

News; information; tidingsTo express in words

Jesus: Do not touch me. I have not yet ascended to my Father.

….

The sin sacrifice and offering had not yet been completed.

….

Jesus had to present Himself as the sin sacrifice, the Lamb of God and Priest.

John 1.16-18aFor God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on

him is not condemned…

SIN….

Any act or thought or word or deed that makes one separate from God

Harmartia….

Missing the mark, accident, mistakeWrong doing, evil, sin

Awen, Asam, Amal, Awon….

Iniquity (in-equity, not being equal), guilt, evil, troubleBent, bowed down, twisted, perverted

* From Nelson’s Expository Dictionary of the Old & New Testament (Unger, Vine)

Sin is Separation from God!

God won’t go near you in your sin

God won’t let you near Him in your sin

אב(Ab*)

Father

* From Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible

בהא(Ahab*)

Love

ה(he, 5th Hebrew letter*)

5, the number of Grace

• The Grace of the Cross– Favor, esteem, kindness

• The Propitiation through the Cross– To cause to become favorably

inclined

Because of the Word of God sent and the Cross of Jesus, God the Father can see you a long way off, run to you, wrap His arms around

you, kiss your neck as His child returned from the dead, change your clothes, make you a rightful member of His household, and

throw a party in your honor…….

If you will come to Him.….

Come to Him just as you are, smelling and looking just as you do.

You and God on the great adventure!

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