1. WE CALL GOD FATHER HIS PLAN OF LOVING KINDNESS
God the Father
WE CALL GOD FATHER
HIS PLAN OF LOVING KINDNESS 1

2. Who are You? Do you Know who you are? Where you come from?
You may mention your name and town or city
That is not your TRUE IDENTITY
Is being a Son of God!!

3. God’s calling on your life Jeremiah:1:5
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you”
before you came to birth I consecrated you”
consecrate = “set apart”
Out of all eternity - God has wanted You!

5. The Fatherhood of God
Find God’s plan for Salvation- letter to Ephesians
“Before the World was made He chose us in Christ
1) Chose us in Christ, to be holy & blameless
Holiness is moral purity
Blamelessness expresses freedom from guilt & sin 5

6. Fatherhood 2) “He destined us in love to be his sons
through Jesus Christ” 6

7. Father seeks relationship
“See what love the Father has given us -
that we should be called children of God…”(1John 3)
“ I will be a Father to you, and you shall be my sons..
(2Cor 6:18)
“Lord show us the Father, & we shall be satisfied…
Jesus replies to Philip
“he who has seen me has seen the Father…(John ) 7

8. Jesus is the Face of God Jesus was sent to reveal the Father ccc 239
God wants to have a relationship with you
The Father wants to walk with you
in friendship
in prayer
in difficulty
“For I, the Lord your God hold your right hand…
Fear not, I am the one who helps you” Is 41:13

9. God Our Father

10. Jesus was sent by the Father
“ I have manifested your name to men” John 17:6
Jesus said to believe in my works / actions
“that you may know & understand that the
Father is in me - and I am in the Father” Jn 10:37
Jesus showed us the merciful eyes of the Father
He raised those bowed down by sin to new life

11. The World did not accept Him
Thee - Lie of the Devil is….
God does not Love You!
Jn 1:11 says “He came to his own home
and his own people did not accept him”
Jesus died of a broken heart on the Cross
He came to bring the Father’s love to the world

13. 4 Things we learn from the Father

14. The Father’s works Providence
The different “works” of each divine Person
The Father
Creator
Father for all angelic / human persons
Providence
God’s intervention in the world:
1. protects
2. governs
3. keeps all things in existence 14

15. The Father’s Divine Providence
We are divinized “partakers of the divine nature”
A supernatural change in our being takes place when we are baptized (from sanctifying grace) 15

16. Blessing & Evil All of the Father’s work is a blessing
A blessing is a (divine & life giving action) by the Father -
the source of all blessings ccc1079
Evil & suffering can put the faith to the test
The evil present in the world is a necessary consequence of the freedom to choose, something less than Goodness 16

17. God’s Fatherhood demands unity
Our Heavenly Father is grieved when we turn away from Him -
1) sin
2) unbelief
Our Father is grieved when we refuse to be reconciled with our brother & neighbor
One Father – one people of God
the Body of Christ united in one (mission) 17

18. Father’s might is Universal
For God who created everything –
Rules everything and can do everything
Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent 18

19. Obedience to the Father
The Father’s power compels holiness & obedience
Obedience has more to do with -
love than with submission
Our choice to obey has significant implications
Jesus’ example of obedience
“Not my will but yours be done”
Accepting death on the cross,
for love of the Father & his children John 10: 17 19

20. Jesus’ example of Obedience
“This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own.” Jn 10:17-18
Obedience to the Father’s will brings
His plan on earth
choosing to obey God
strengthens our relationship with the Father
Obligation becomes a response of love
Great Commandment to love God & one another, as Jesus loved you, summarizes the Fathers entire will ccc 20

21. The Father’s Kingdom
The coming of the Father’s Kingdom
Jesus said, “the time is fulfilled & the Kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the Gospel” Mark 1:15
Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven Matthew 6:10 21

22. The Kingdom
Jesus brought the Kingdom in his person and established it in his Mystical body the Church; waiting until He comes again to reveal the kingdom of the Father in all its glory
We can therefore hope in the glory of heaven promised by God
To those who love him & do his will
Rom 8:28 Mt 7:21 ccc 1821 22

23. False images of Father The catechism states: 2779 -2780
Need to cleanse our hearts – false images
drawn from this world
Humility recognizes “no one knows the Father except the Son & anyone the Son chooses to reveal him” that is “little children” Mt 11: 25-27 23