Fatherhood and Brotherhood

Everyone has a Father Fatherhood begins in Heaven. When we pray the “Our Father,” we are following Jesus’ teaching. The disciples, aware that Jesus applied Himself to long hours in prayer, said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray” (Lk 11:1). Jesus proceeded His teaching by saying, “When you pray, say ‘Our Father Who art in Heaven…” When you pray to the Father as Jesus instructed, you must be mindful to humbly conduct yourself as a child of the One and only God Who created you. This same thought about the Father existed July 4, 1776, as contained in the Declaration of Independence, wherein it reads: “…. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator…” The Our Father and The Declaration of Independence attest to the Christian belief that God, our Creator, is our Father. When you fully realize this, and accept this as fact, then you acknowledge that we are all brothers. That makes Jesus incarnate, the Son of God, and our Brother. What a marvelous thing it is to know and understand this reality. Because God, Creator, is the Father of all, it follows that all men are brothers. If this is so, what’s the problem? Not everyone realizes this fact. Too many do not want to know, for their personal reasons. Others just do not know. As a result, we do not live accordingly, in world peace and love. We talk, we pray, but we do not listen to ourselves, most of us do not understand our lives or how we should live. Furthermore, we do not develop ourselves as we ought, through the reading of Holy Scripture. If we are ever to have a better understanding between ourselves, between races, and nations, Christians must begin early to teach those concepts of the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. The framers of our nations guiding principles, giving due credence to our Creator, was founded by God-fearing men on this very idea, in writing, and for all time. Pray. Nothing is impossible for God. Thanks for visiting. -- Bob Eph. 3:16-19