Never in the history of the universe has anybody honored his father more than Christ honored His. What wonderful humility and character He had in declaring His Father, and constantly directing our attention to the Father!
Christ’s magnificent example shows God’s family government!
Throughout Scripture there is instruction to fathers that they must lead their families in love. God wants fathers involved and engaged, actively loving their wives, loving their children. Teaching and educating their children. Providing for them. Disciplining them, defending them.
God the Father sets the ultimate example in fulfilling that role! And He inspired tremendous love and devotion in His Son, Jesus Christ.
This example shows how strong family is meant to work! God wants physical fathers to fulfill the same function that He Himself fulfills toward His children. Such a father can lead his whole family to be strong and stable. This gives those children tremendous advantages in life. They know love. They have a strong foundation for stable relationships. They have gained proper confidence, learned the value of self-discipline and hard work, and received countless other invaluable lessons. And most of all, they grow up much better prepared to have a strong relationship with God the Father.
But what do most Christians today believe? Why, they think that everything revolves around Jesus!
Read those scriptures again. Do you realize that Christ specifically and repeatedly told us not to do that? When we overlook the Father, we insult both Christ and the Father! That is rebelling against God!
We must learn to honor the father! That is true in our homes and families, and in our spiritual lives.
When I read verses like this, it makes me realize more deeply how most of Christianity rebels against Christ and the Father! Christ directed us to the Father over and over and over and over and over and over and over—and people still refuse to get it. Why?
Here is why. Christ said to some hard-headed religious people, “I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father” (John 8:38). What did He mean, “your father”? “Ye do the deeds of your father,” He told them in verse 41. Who was their “father”?
Christ continued, “If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but He sent me” (verse 42). Again, He continually honored and declared the Father. Then He said plainly, “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do” (verse 44).
The religious people of Christ’s day didn’t honor God the Father. After all, they killed His Son! They obeyed their father, the devil. And Satan hates family. He is determined to fight it with everything he has!
The same is true of so many people today—including religious people. Satan has deceived the whole world (Revelation 12:9). He wants to blot out the Father and destroy the Family of God. Most people fail utterly to understand family.
Did you know that family is at the heart of the gospel that Jesus Christ preached? How many religious people understand that? (Request a free copy of The Incredible Human Potential to understand this truth.)
Satan is the god of this world (2 Corinthians 4:4). His society is filled with attacks against God’s plan for family. These attacks are succeeding in some frightening ways. The institution of the family is suffering the death of a thousand wounds.
We see many politicians, celebrities and sports figures—who receive so much adulation and attention—with wretched family problems. Loose living, adultery, drug addiction, sexual deviancy—everything you can imagine.
God says that when you find a wife, you find a good thing and have God’s favor (Proverbs 18:22). That is inspiring! Don’t those politicians realize that when they betray their wives and have shameful love affairs? Don’t they realize what a good thing they have, and that they are trashing it?
Thank you Mr. Flurry! The opportunities we have to support the father in the family structure to strengthen the design in Gods Family structure, for the ultimate joy of Christ our Husband to magnify Father, are most necessary to take advantage of and learn the government lesson. May we all learn it deeply
Wow, Im psyched over this 1 Mr Flurry! Thank you SO much 4 this as Ive had to sacrifice my physical father and many other family members for God. But to be reminded He will never forsake us and when we humble ourselves so we can learn to walk like God, Ive had to accept they will indeed be baby steps! Ive had to repent of my rebellion too and keep repenting daily! Life is different when you see things as God does. Thank you once again
An inspiring article and a great compliment to God’s Family Government booklet that I just read. Great parallels showing the importance of Our Spiritual Father and the physical father within each family. What great purpose there is in Honoring The Father! what great purpose we all have! The Incredible Human Potential is a fantastic book that explains why we were born-what our true purpose is in life-I would recommend everyone, on this earth, read it!
What a moving and very inspiring article. So much Spiritual Knowledge to take in knowing that Honoring your Father and your Mother is a Commandment of God!! Thank you!!
This is a very enlightening article! In my own experience, I think that the most important aspect in religion is to understand deeply the gospel message of Christ. The Father is the heart and core of the gospel. A lot of people think that Jesus Christ is the gospel, and the Kingdom of God is in the hearts of men. It is shocking that even most of God’s people follow this belief. Satan deceived them all. But God knows who follow His voice!
I don’t know what kind of comfort zone I had when a father is around.A family creates a situation, that even drugs cannot penetrate to come into our thinking.I’m glad that during my university days when I was away from them, my uncle & his family serves as my father.I made an accounting of strong manly character inherited from them.
Thank you Mr. Flurry for sharing its spiritual equivalent.
one way the devil destroys the “traditional” family (father,mother,children) is by gay marriages. the FATHER figure is discarded.
Came to know true love
lessons learned; Love I thy Law equates to God’s Family Government being administered in our physical Families sharing an out going concern for the one’s being loved, laying down our lives, putting them before our own self and always teaching them that the Father must always come first in everything we do.
Thank you, Mr. Flurry for being a loving example of our Father and his Son in the humility and strong spiritual strengths of God’s character you exemplify. Agape’
Christianity of today rejects any other god head than Christ. If they were to recognize the father they would have to admit to something other than an effeminate all forgiving Christ who accepts every one on their own terms. Their belief allows them to believe and not change, not to follow his example. The truth is so much better than what they have.. Some day they will come to know it..
We are so blessed now, to know and to see what we do.
THANKS
“Then, this verse tells us that Christ actually devoted His earthly ministry to declaring His Father!”
This essential truth is lost on so many. We must look to the Father like Christ did.
“Throughout Scripture there is instruction to fathers that they must lead their families in love.”
The father’s role as a leader, teacher, provider, and disciplinarian is an awesome responsibility! God is love and He is the ultimate Father!
Being a father of a large family , ( 10 …7 boys ..3 girls ), the eldest of whom is now 52, I find it much easier to relate as to how our Heavenly Father feels about us……Partic the mercy, protection from harm, desire to instruct and teach, firmness when required, leadership ….truth of word …….and personal example.
Thank you, Mr. Furry. This is a wonderful article every father needs to read. Our heavenly Father is truly the role model for all fathers.
Thank you Mr Flurry for remind us that God is not like a father but the ultimate Father. What a privelege and an honour to have this kind of knowledge, thank you Father