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Introduction
Today is Father’s Day, a day we have set aside to honor father’s.
The difficulty and pain that some have faced make a proper understanding of fatherhood all the more crucial.
I had the privilege of having a father who is a pastor, who loves his family and puts them first.
A father who loves God and His Word, and who taught his children to do the same.
My Dad is not perfect, but he is still an amazing man.
However, my dad was raised in a very difficult home.
If your experience with your father was negative, that doesn’t mean you cannot be a great father.
It simply means you need God’s grace and mercy to do it.
When we talk about Father’s Day and celebrating fathers, we recognize that not everyone had a positive experience with their earthly father.
The difficulty and pain that some have faced make a proper understanding of fatherhood all the more crucial.
We need to understand what a father is supposed to be based on Scripture.
Here at Grace Church, we believe in the literal, grammatical, historical interpretation of the Bible.
This means we hold to a literal Genesis.
Here at Grace Church, we believe in a literal Genesis.
We believe that God created Adam and Eve and that all of humankind are descended from them.
This morning we are going to learn three lessons from the life of Adam, the first father.
Applying these lessons will build faith, courage, and consistency.
These qualities enable us to be the best followers of Christ we can be.
Lesson #1…
1. Fatherhood Is God’s Design 1:27-28
I mentioned that we believe in a literal Genesis.
One result of that is we have a very different understanding of roles within the family.
We believe in husbands and wives, in mothers and fathers because that is what God created and designed.
READ v. 27
Male and female.
The same, but different.
The same in that both are made in the image and likeness of God, in Christ, both have access to God and are co-equal in dignity and worth.
Different in our physiology, as well as role and function.
READ v. 28
God commanded the man and woman to be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth.
Oftentimes, men and father’s are portrayed negatively in our culture.
The number of sitcoms and movies that have the bumbling idiot father is alarming.
When we examine the topic from a Biblical perspective we learn two things.
#1…
Fatherhood is good.
How do we know this?
Because God is good and He ordained fatherhood.
Also because God is our Father.
In Jesus teaches His disciples how to pray.
He instructs to begin that prayer with these words.
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Paul repeatedly refers to God as “our father”.
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Fatherhood is good because it was created by a good God who is sovereign!
Because of who God is we can know with absolute certainty that one mother and on father working together to raise children is best.
Our good heavenly Father ordained fatherhood, that’s what makes it good.
Fatherhood is good.
Secondly…
Fatherhood is necessary.
To obey God’s command here, you need both a mother and a father!
This rather obvious fact is coming under increasing attack in our world today.
However, we understand from Scripture that God has designed fatherhood.
As such, it is necessary.
The necessity of fatherhood is supported by research.
He has designed fatherhood.
He has designed fatherhood.
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23.6%!
Millions of children are growing up without their fathers.
This research is from 2015.
I don’t believe things are getting better.
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Fatherhood is necessary.
We need dads who are in the home and connected to their children.
This is where we start to doubt, right?
I know fatherhood in general is good, but what if I am just not cut out to be a father?
What if I mess it up?
What if I am not good enough?
This is what we all need to hear.
Ready?
God made you the father of your children.
God made you the father of your children.
What does that mean?
You are the best choice for your children.
That doesn’t mean you can’t get better.
It doesn’t mean you won’t make mistakes.
It means that the sovereign Lord of the universe placed you exactly where He wanted you.
Through dependence on Him, you have everything necessary to be a great dad.
This is true for every single person sitting here today.
When we think that someone else could do ______ (fill in the blank) better, we are actually demonstrating a lack of faith!
God put you where you are, not someone else, you.
That means He has uniquely gifted and equipped you to serve Him there.
Let me share with you how this truth has impacted my own life.
It is no secret that there have been some difficult times in the past here at Grace Church.
There have been many times that I have questioned my own calling, questioned whether I am the best man for the job here.
Some great pastor friends encouraged me with the truth we have just examined.
I am not here by accident.
God placed me here.
If He hasn’t given me the freedom to move on, and He hasn’t, then I need to stay where He has placed me, faithfully serving Him.
Through dependence on Him, we will thrive where He has placed us.
We have to trust in the sovereignty of God.
Belief in divine placement and enablement requires faith.
We must make a conscious choice to believe that God knows what He is doing and that He does not make mistakes.
Your placement, your talents, your gifts; none of these things are accidental.
God has placed you where He wants you.
Depend on Him, and He will use you where He has placed you.
Have faith that a sovereign God makes no mistakes.
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