TEXT
JOHN 15:17
THESE THINGS I COMMAND YOU, THAT YE LOVE ONE ANOTHER
WHEN YOU BEHOLD THESE SCRIPTURES, YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THIS COMMANDMENT IS UNTO THE INNER CIRCLE AS WELL AS THE OUTSIDE, THEREFORE, IT WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY THAT THIS COMMANDMENT IS A TWO FOLD COMMANDMENT PRESCRIBED TO FATHERS AND CHILDREN, FATHERS BEING AT THE FORFRONT BECAUSE GOD HAS SO ORDERED THAT THE FATHER BE THE PRIEST AND KING OF HIS HOUSEHOLD.
LET US SET THE STAGE AROUND THE FATHER AND MAKE THESE
SCRIPTURES APPLICABLE TO THE FATHER AND THE LOVE HE MUST SHOW TO HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN.
THE LORD HAS ALLOWED ME TO CREATE AN ACRONYM THAT
DEPICTS THE FATHER AND HIS DEMEANOR.
THE TRUE FATHER IS DEVOTED AND FAITHFUL
GALATIANS 5:22-23
THE TRUE FATHER IS UNDERSTANDING AND APREHENSIVE
2 CORINTHIANS 4:8-9
THE TRUE FATHER IS DEPENDABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY
PSALM 56:4,11
THE TRUE FATHER IS SANCTIFIED AND HOLY
1 PETER 1:15
THE TRUE FATHER IS BOTH KING AND EMPOROR
1 TIMOTHY 5:17
THE TRUE FATHER IS RESPECTFUL AND REVERANT
PSALM 89:7
I. THE TRUE FATHER IS DEVOTED AND FAITHFUL
GALATIAN 5:22-23
22) BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE,
LONGSUFFERING, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS AND FAITH,
23) MEEKNESS, TEMPERANCE: AGAINST SUCH THERE IS NO LAW.
THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE WHO POESESSES THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE FATHER IN HEAVEN, IN THAT HE LOVES HIS FAMILY UNCEASINGLY.
THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE WHOSE LOVE ASSURES THE FAMILY THAT ALTHOUGH THEY DID NOT MAKE EARTHLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, OR HAVE NOT AMOUNTED TO WHAT HE EXPECTED. HE YET LOVED THEM, KNOWING THAT SILVER AND GOLD HE HAD NOT BUT WHAT HE HAD HE GAVE THEM; THE SAME LOVE GOD GAVE HIM. WITH JOY HE RECEIVED THEM, WITH PEACE IN HIS HEART HE WAS FAITHFUL IN HIS PROCLAMATION HE HAD MADE TO CHRIST, AND QUICK TO SHARE IT WITH THE FAMILY. WITH LONGSUFFERING HE STAYED ON BENDED KNEES GIVING GOD THE REVERANCE DUE HIM. WITH GOODNESS HE DID NOT BEGAN AND END OUTSIDE HIS HOME, HE BEGAN IN THE HOME AND ENDED IN THE HOME, UNDERSTANDING THAT CHARITY BEGAN AT HOME. WITH FAITH HE WAS SAVED THROUGH GRACE.
II. THE FATHER IS UNDERSTANDING AND APREHENSIVE.
PROVERBS 2:5
(5) THEN SHALT THOU UNDERSTAND THE FEAR OF THE LORD, AND FIND THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.
THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE WHO IS UNDERSTANDING, IN THAT, HE UNDERSTANDS THE NEED OF THE FEAR OF GOD, NOT IN A MORBIT SENSE, IN THE SENSE THAT THIS PLACEMENT OF FEAR WITHIN HIS HOME WILL BRINGFORTH THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE NEED FOR SPIRITUALITY IN HIMSELF FIRST AND UNTO HIS FAMILY.
A TRUE FATHER LOVES - LIKE CHRIST LOVES
III. THE TRUE FATHER IS DEPENDABLE AND TRUSTING
PSALM 56:4,11
(4) IN GOD I WILL PRAISE HIS WORD, IN GOD I HAVE PUT MY TRUST, I WILL NOT FEAR WHAT FLESH CAN DO TO ME.
(11) IN GOD HAVE I PUT MY TRUST: I WILL NOT BE AFRAID WHAT CAN MAN DO UNTO ME.
THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE WHO HAS PLACED GOD AT THE FORFRONT OF HIS LIFE AND HAS PUT HIS TRUST IN HIM 100%. THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE WHO IS DEPENDABLE, IN THAT WHEN YOU NEED HIM HE’S THERE GIVING YOU 100% OF HIMSELF AS CHRIST GAVE 100% FOR HIM. THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE WHO IS TRUSTING, IN THAT, YOU CAN CONFIDE IN HIM TO HOLD YOUR INNER MOST SECRET AS YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER DOES WHEN YOU PETITION TO HIM.
IV. THE FATHER IS SANCTIFIED AND HOLY
I PETER 1:15
BUT AS HE WHICH HATH CALLED YOU IS HOLY, SO BE YE HOLY IN ALL MANNER OF CONVERSATION.
THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE WHO HAS HAS BEEN CALLED TO
SANCTIFICATION AND THEREFORE, IN HIS CONVERSATION YOU WILL IDENTIFY THE CHRIST IN HIM. THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE WHO HAS BEEN CALLED INTO HOLLINESS AND BY CHRISTIAN ETTIQUETTE YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THE CHRIST IN HIM. THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE WHO HAS RECEVEIVED THESE QUALITIES FROM CHRIST NOT TO HORD BUT TO SHARE AMONGST HIS FAMILY.
V. THE FATHER IS KING AND EMPOROR
I CORINTHIANS 11:3
(3) BUT I WOULD HAVE YOU KNOW, THAT THE HEAD OF EVERY MAN IS CHRIST; AND THE HEAD OF THE WOMAN IS THE MAN; AND THE HEAD OF CHRIST IS GOD.
THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE WHO HAS PLACED CHRIST AS KINGS OF THE FAMILY. THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE WHO HAS PLACED HIMSELF AS EMPOROR. THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE HAS PLACED GOD ABOVE CHRIST, GOD AND CHRIST ABOVE HIMSELF AND HIMSELF ABOVE HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN. THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE WHO HAS PLACED GOD AT THE HEAD OF EVERYTHING, EVERYBODY AND EVERYONE.
THE TRUE FATHER IS RESPECTFUL AND REVERENT
PSALM 89:7
(7) GOD IS GREATLY TO BE FEARED IN THE ASSEMBLY OF THE
SAINTS, AND TO BE HAD IN REVERENCE OF ALL THEM THAT ARE
ABOUT HIM.
THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE WHO IS NOT WISE IN HIS OWN EYES, BUT FEARS THE LORD AND DEPARTS FROM EVIL, IN THE SAME HE HAS GIVEN HIS FAMILY. HE HAS GIVEN THEM A ROADMAP TO TRAVEL THE WAY HE WOULD HAVE THEM TO GO, THAT, WHEN THEY BECOME OLD THEY WILL NOT DEPART FROM IT. THE TRUE FATHER IS ONE WHO GIVES REVERENCE UNTO GOD IN ALL HIS WAYS.
A TRUE FATHERS LOVES - LIKE CHRIST LOVES
PROVERBS 3:5-6 SAYS
(5) TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL THINE HEART AND LEAN NOT TO THY OWN UNDERSTANDING.
(6) IN ALL THY WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND HE SHALL DIRECT THY PATHS.
GOD ADMIRES THIS FATHER BECAUSE HE IS DEVOTED AND FAITHFUL TO HIM FIRST.
GOD ADMIRES THIS FATHER BECAUSE HE IS UNDERSTANDING AND
APREHESIVE, IN THAT HE, PLACES HIM IN THE HOUSEHOLD AS LORD OF LORD KING OF KING - THE ALPHA - THE OMEGA - THE BEGINNING AND THE END.
GOD ADMIRES THIS FATHER BECAUSE HE IS DEPENDABLE AND
TRUSTING, SIMPLY BECAUSE HE HAS THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE BIG BROTHER (JESUS).
GOD ADMIRES THIS FATHER BECAUSE HE IS SANCTIFIED AND HOLY. HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE HOLY IN ALL THEIR WAYS, IN THAT THEY ACKNOWLEDGES GOD IN ALL THEIR WAYS, IN ALL THEIR DOINGS, IN ALL THEIR COMING AND ALL THEIR GOING.
GOD ADMIRES THIS FATHER BECAUSE HE IS KING AND EMPOROR
GOD ADMIRES THIS FATHER BECAUSE HE HAS PASSED ON TO HIS
FAMILY ALL THAT GOD HAS INSTILLED IN HIM, PLACING GOD ABOVE HIS FAMILY, ABOVE HIS FRIENDS AND HAS NOT FORSAKEN HIM.
GOD ADMIRES THIS FATHER BECAUSE HE IS RESPECTFUL AND
REVERENT, HE RESPECTS THE FACT THAT THE GRACE GOD HAS
GIVEN HIS FAMILY IS UNMERRITED GRACE. GOD ADMIRES THIS
FATHER BECAUSE HE HAS TAKEN ON THE ROLL OF JOSHUA AND HIS SAYINGS. JOSHUA SAID: CHOOSE YE THIS DAY WHOM YOU WILL SERVE, AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE WE WILL SERVE THE LORD. GOD ADMIRES THIS FATHER BECAUSE HE LEAVES NO OPTION. WE WILL SERVE THE LORD.
A TRUE FATHER LOVES - LIKE CHRIST LOVES
YOU SHALL TEACH TO THEM CHILDREN, SPEAKING OF THEM WHEN
YOU SIT IN YOUR HOUSE, WHEN YOU WALK BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU LIE DOWN, AND WHEN YOU RISE UP.
DEUT 11:19
THIS FATHER UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS TEXT UNFOLDS THAT AS A FATHER HE IS OBLIGATED TO TRAIN OUR CHILDREN UP IN THE ADMONITION OF THE LORD.
CLOSING
THESE THINGS I COMMAND YOU,THAT YE LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
THE INCLUSIVE FACT OF GRACE 3 WAYS:
1) LOVE IS THE DIVINE CONSCIOUSNESS
2) LOVE IS THE INSPIRATION OF THE DIVINE ACTIVITY
3) LOVE IS THE LAW OF THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT
THE RESULT IS GRACE.
1) LOVE IS THE DIVINE CONSCIOUSNESS, IN THAT, GOD HAS PERFECT CONSCIOUSNESS, AND THAT IS LOVE.
2) LOVE IS THE INSPIRATION OF THE DIVINE ACTIVITY, IN THAT, ALL THE ACTIVITY OF GOD IS LOVE,INSPIRED, AND THE LAW OF HIS GOVERNMENT IS LOVE.
THAT IS THE TRUTH WHICH IS REVEALED CONCERNING GOD THROUGH HIS SON, THEREFORE, IT WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY, THE FATHER THAT HAS ACCEPTED JESUS AS HIS PERSONAL SAVIOR DEMONSTRATES THIS LOVE.
THAT LOVE THAT HAS OPENED HIS EYES, CLAIMING THE LIGHTHE ILLUMINATION OF LIFE, GIVING SPIRTUAL TEACHING.
THE TRUE FATHER HAS:
1) EATEN OF THE BREAD OF LIFE
2) ACCEPTED THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
3) WENT THROUGH THE DOOR OF HOLINESS
4) TAKEN THE FULNESS OF GRACE
5) ACCEPTED THE RESURRECTION
6) HAS ACCEPTED THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE
THE TRUE FATHER ACTS LIKE CHRIST ACTS - LOVES LIKE CHRIST LOVES.
THE TRUE FATHER LOVES LIKE CHRIST LOVES
THIS FATHER UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS TEXT UNFOLDS THAT HE IS TO LOVE HIS WIFE.
THIS FATHER HAS TASTED THE BREAD OF LIFE
HE HAS DRANK OF THE NEW WINE (JESUS CHRIST)
THIS FATHER KNOWS THAT HE IS OF THE VINE AND HE’S BEEN
DRAFTED IN.
HE HAS HIS ADOPTION PAPERS FROM HIS FATHER IN HEAVEN WHO THROUGH HIS FAITH THE FATHER SAVED HIM.
SAVED HIM FROM THE GATES OF HELL
SAVED HIM FROM THE DARKNESS AND BROUGHT HIM INTO AN
INDISCRIBABLE ILLUMINATION.
AND HEALED HIM OF HIS SIN SICKNESS.
AND NOW IT IS - IT IS THAT HE SHARES THESE WANDERS WITH HIS FAMILY THAT THEY MIGHT BE SAVED.
THE TRUE FATHER LOVES - LIKE CHRIST LOVES
THE TRUE FATHER LOVE - LIKE CHRIST LOVES
