”Fathering Like the Father”

“Fathering like the Father”

Pastor Cameron Jungels

Eastside Baptist Church

June 18, 2017 Sunday AM Father’s Day

 

1. As Fathers, we must learn to be Merciful as our Heavenly Father is Merciful.

 

Luke 6:36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

 

Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

 

Psalm 103:8-14   The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.  9 He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever;  10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.  11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him;  12 as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.  13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;  14 for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.

 

2. As Fathers, we must be Faithful as our Heavenly Father is Faithful.

Deuteronomy 7:8-9  8 But it was because the LORD loved you and kept the oath he swore to your forefathers that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.  9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.

 

3. As Fathers, we must learn to Love as our Heavenly Father Loves.

 

1 John 3:1  How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!

 

1 John 4:7-8  7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.  8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 1 John 4:16  16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.

 

John 3:16   16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

 

4. As Fathers, we must be Holy as our Heavenly Father is Holy.

 

1 Peter 1:14-17  14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.  15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;  16 for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."  17 Since you call on a Father who judges each man's work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear.

 

Main Idea: To be a godly father means to father like God.