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OPENING
We’re kicking off a new series this morning titled, “Christianity 101: Lessons from Romans.”
Lord willing, we are going to spend a few weeks working through the book of Romans.
Romans stands as the clearest and most systematic presentation of Christian doctrine in all of the Bible.
Written by the Apostle Paul to the church in Rome, it includes important doctrines such as sin, salvation, sanctification, justification by faith, and Christian service.
But not only does the Apostle Paul just discuss these doctrines, he also presents the practical application of how we should put these doctrines into practice.
This morning, in honor of Father’s Day, we are going to begin in Romans Chapter 8 and discuss what it means to call God our Heavenly Father and the blessing of being His children.
I love watching videos of people who go out on the street and ask random people questions to get their responses.
I’m extremely fascinated when they ask questions about Christianity or God.
Sadly, majority of people have no clue and give some ridiculous off the wall answers.
But every once in a while, someone will come along who you can tell is a Christian or who probably grew up in Church that can give the right answer.
I thought, what if we went to downtown Pensacola and asked people that passed by, “What is God’s name?” Seems like a simple question.
But I wonder what sort of off the wall answers we would get?
Now if we weeded out the ridiculous answers and just focused on the few that actually know the Bible, some might respond: “I AM THAT I AM.”
Others might respond: “Jesus” or “Yeshua.”
Still others might say: “Jehovah,” “Yahweh,” “Elohim,” “El-Shaddai,” or “Adoni.”
Muslims believe that there are 100 names for God.
However, they believe that humans only know 99 of them.
They carry a rosary with either 33, 66, or 99 beads that they use to recite these 99 names that include titles like: Creator, Sustainer, Protector, and Provider.
I’m not sure there are 100 names for God, but if there were, the Muslims would be wrong in their assumption that humans don’t know the 100th name.
Because they are missing one very important name in their list that we as Christians know and celebrate today; and that is Father!
God is certainly our Creator, Sustainer, Protector, and Provider and so many other things to us.
But He is also our Heavenly Father!
What a wonderful thought it is to know that we can call the Creator of the universe, the Giver of life, the Almighty, All-powerful God, our Heavenly Father!
There are some references to God as Father in the Old Testament, but it really begins with Jesus Christ.
He referred to God as His Father and our Father.
In the New Testament, there are three verses that refer to God as our Heavenly Father in a special way.
One of these verses is when Jesus Christ was praying to God in the Garden of Gethsemane and cried out, “Abba Father!” Paul repeats that phrase in his letter to the Galatians and his letter to the Romans.
We’re going to take a look at the passage in Romans this morning with a message titled “Abba Father.”
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This morning I want us to consider 3 questions:
Who is our Heavenly Father,
What is our relationship to our Heavenly Father, and
How should we respond to our Heavenly Father?
Who Is Our Heavenly Father?
Our Heavenly Father is Eternal
Alpha and Omega
Beginning and the End
First and the Last
Ancient of Days
He who was, and is, and is to come
Our Heavenly Father is Spirit
God is not limited by space or time.
God is not flesh and blood like we are.
But the Bible describes God as having:
ARMS that can reach out to us,
HANDS that can lift us up,
FEET that run to us and walk along beside us,
a HEART that loves us,
EYES that see us and watch over us,
EARS that hear our prayers, and
a MOUTH that can speak to us in a small still voice.
God can be “touched with the feelings of our infirmities.”
And because Jesus Christ, the Eternal God, put on human flesh, He knows what you are going through and He knows how to help in your time of need.
Our Heavenly Father is Omniscient
We can’t see the future and we don’t know what we might have to face next week.
But God sees it all and knows it all.
God knows the end from the beginning.
I don’t have to worry about what is going to happen next Tuesday, because God already has my Wednesday planned out.
God knows your past, your present, and your future.
Nothing catches God by surprise.
Because He is an all-knowing God, we can trust Him with our lives.
Our Heavenly Father is Omnipresent
We can only be one place at one time.
God has no such limitations.
God is not limited by His creation, He is above all creation.
You can’t run from God.
God knows right where you’re at.
God will never leave you and God will never forsake you.
It gives me comfort to know that wherever I go, my Heavenly Father is there.
Our Heavenly Father is Omnipotent
God just doesn’t have some power, He has all power.
He is not up under anything or anyone, He is above all powers.
He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords and He cannot be impeached.
He is not equal with Allah, Buddha, Krishna, or the multiple gods of the Hindu.
He is the One True Living God.
And one day “every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.”
God’s power has no limits.
He is able to do “exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the POWER that worketh in us.”
That’s why Paul could say “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
Our Heavenly Father is Immutable
The world is changing at a rapid pace.
People may change, politicians may change, but God never changes.
God is not making the rules up as He goes.
He is the same “yesterday, today, and forever.”
He is the same God that Adam and Eve knew in the Garden of Eden.
He is the same God that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob worshipped.
He is the same God who healed the sick, fed thousands of people with a little boys sack lunch, cast out devils, and raised the dead.
If He has done it before, He will do it again.
He is the same God no matter where you are.
He is the same God no matter what social class or tax bracket you are in.
People may change and let you down, but God will never let you down.
Our Heavenly Father is Holy
God is completely separated from evil and sin.
It is why the Heavenly Father had to look away as His Only Begotten Son Jesus Christ was dying on the Cross in order to pay the sin debt for all mankind.
Jesus Christ “became sin who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.”
God is high and lifted up.
The angels in Heaven declare his HOLINESS without ceasing.
The HOLINESS of God is what caused Isaiah to fall down on his face and declare “Woe is me for I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips.”
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