God the Father is the God and Father of:

* God the Lord Jesus Christ

* Of Israel

* Of believers in Jesus Christ

The Father is the Creator  and lord of all creation

The Father is the author of election

The Father is the sender of Jesus Christ

The Father is the discipliner of his children

God the Father is the only sovereign and all-powerful ruler of the whole of existence, and everything is subservient to him. Redemption is made possible by his authority. Fatherhood is his designated role within the Trinity and with mankind. He is father to humans in the sense that he is their creator, but the Father has a real, personal, spiritual relationship only with believers of Jesus Christ; the rest of humanity does not have God as their father; their father is the devil. The Father has decreed that all things that happen will ultimately be for his own glory. The Father is not the author of, nor does he approve of, sin. He doesn’t remove the accountability of creatures with morality. He exhibits love, patience and mercy by saving from sin all people who come to him through trusting in the atoning work of Jesus Christ alone, and he adopts them as his own.

Relevant Texts:

‘The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all’ – Psalm 103:19.

‘As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God’ – Romans 8:14.

‘Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty’ – 2 Corinthians 6:17-18.

‘Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all’ – 1 Chronicles 29:11.

‘As many as received [Jesus], to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name’ – John 1:12.

‘Lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased’ – Matthew 3:17.

‘Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ’ – Ephesians 1:3.

‘… that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory …’ – Ephesians 1:17.

‘Thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn’ – Exodus 4:22.

‘Ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus, for as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ’ – Galatians 3:26-27.

‘God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth …’ – Acts 17:24.

‘Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved, in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace’ – Ephesians 1:3-7.

‘For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life’ – John 3:16.

‘We have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? – Hebrews 12:9.

We believe in God the Father, perfect in holiness, infinite in wisdom, measureless in power. We rejoice that He concerns Himself mercifully in the affairs of men, that He hears and answers prayer, and that He saves from sin and death all that come to Him through Jesus Christ.

Other Texts:

Genesis 1:1; 17:1; Exodus 6:3; Deuteronomy 4:35; Psalm 90:2; 139:7-10; Isaiah 40:28; John 4:24; Galatians 4:4-7; 1 John 1:5.