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I want to be like dad: A Father’s Day Message

  • John Beck
  • Jun 21, 2009

Pastor John David Beck
June 21, 2009

Text: John 20:17

 

  1. JESUS MAKES RADICAL STATEMENTS REFERRING TO GOD AS FATHER
    1. Jesus not only declared God as His Father but our Father: Relationship

 

  1. THAT CHRIST HAS COME MAKES A FATHERLY RELATIONSHIP POSSIBLE WITH THE GOD OF THE BIBLE
    1. Jesus admonishes us time and again to be like your Father

 

  1. YOU LEARN TO BE LIKE DAD BY SPENDING TIME WITH HIM
    1. Decide to be like dad. Surrender your ways (Matt 11:29)

 

  1. THE APOSTLES UNDERSTOOD THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MODELING BEHAVIOR
    1. We are admonished to be imitators (Eph 5:1)
    2. Walking in love is a visible identifier of the believer (John 13:35)

 

  1. HOW CAN WE FOLLOW WHAT WE CANNOT SEE
    1. No one has seen The Father (John 6:46, 14:9, 1-11)
    2. He did not leave you alone (John 14:15-18)
    3. He did not leave you empty handed (Colossians 3:16)