The Fatherhood of God

The Fatherhood of GodLessons from Paradise : 

Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being The Fatherhood of GodLessons from Paradise

Lessons from the Garden : 

Provision Responsibility Freedom Boundaries Consequences Socialization Communion Lessons from the Garden

Provision : 

Genesis 2:7-9 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. 9 And out of the ground the LORD God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. Provision

Provision : 

God provides for us * Physically * Spiritually Provision Jas 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. Mt 7:7 ¶ "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 "For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 9 "Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 "Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

Provision : 

God is a God of Provisional Grace Provision General Grace to all mankind Food Air rain Specific Grace To His Children Salvation Spiritual Blessings

Responsibility : 

Genesis 2:15 Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. Genesis 2:19-20 Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. Responsibility

Responsibility : 

The Fall didn’t create work it just took the fun out of it! God Wants Us to Work! Everyone needs a reason to put their feet on the floor every morning. Everyone in Christ has a job to do. Every Christian works Spiritually & Physically Responsibility

Responsibility : 

All Have a Job to Do! Responsibility Titus 2:1 But as for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine: 2 that the older men be sober, reverent, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience; 3 the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things-- 4 that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed. 6 Likewise exhort the young men to be sober-minded,

Freedom : 

Genesis 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat . . .” Freedom

Freedom : 

God gives us freedom to choose! Man has “Free Will.” Freedom 2Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. Choose ye this day whom ye will serve! Joshua 24:15

Boundaries : 

Genesis 2:17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, God Loves us but gives us Rules! Boundaries

Boundaries : 

Some Rules are NOT negotiable Well placed rules are for our good Rules can be a statement of Love Boundaries

BoundariesProvide Freedom : 

BoundariesProvide Freedom

Consequences : 

Genesis 2:17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die." Consequences

Consequences : 

God’s System is a System of Consequences. There is a Cause/Effect in ALL we do. Examples in Love and Money! If we make good decisions about who we marry we will be blessed. If we make bad decisions about how we use our money we will suffer the consequences. Consequences

Consequences : 

God always states His rules clearly! God’s Rules are consistent and fair God administers His rules in Love and Fairness. Consequences Ro 11:22 Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off

Consequences : 

The Purpose of Consequences is Discipline. Discipline = Training Consequences

Consequences : 

Consequences Heb 12:6 For whom the LORD loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives." 7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? 8 But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. 9 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness. 11 Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Socialization : 

Genesis 2:18 And the LORD God said, "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him." Socialization

Socialization : 

“No man is an island to himself” God Gives us the Church for Socialization! Socialization Eph 4:15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head--Christ-- 16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.

Socialization : 

Do we take advantage of the social aspects of God’s system? Church activities Gospel Meetings Worship, Fellowship, Communion We are a “Family” in Christ. Socialization

Communion : 

Genesis 3:8 And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. Communion

Communion : 

God wants a relationship with YOU! God Offers a Relationship through Jesus Christ. Communion

Communion : 

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 1Jo 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Communion

Conclusion : 

Provision Responsibility Freedom Boundaries Consequences Socialization Communion Conclusion