Jesus Relationship with His Father



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"Jesus knew the that the Father has put all things under His power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God." John 13:3

Jesus relationship with His Father meant everything to Him. Jesus came to do the will of the Father [John 6:38]. He only did what the Father instructed [John 14:31]. He came to convey the love of the Father to us [John 15:9]. Everything the Father has belongs to Jesus, too [John 16:15].

Our relationship to the Father should also mean everything to us. We, too, should do the will of the Father [Matthew 6:39]. We, too, should only do what the Father instructs us to do [1 John 2:3]. We should convey the love the Father has for us to others [John 15:12]. Everything the Father has given to Jesus belongs to us, too [Romans 8:17].

If we have repented and put our trust in Jesus for salvation, we are children of God. You are a daughter of God. I am a daughter of God. You and I have been given the Spirit of adoption, conferring "sonship" [The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture] to the Father in order to be recognized as God's child [Romans 8:15, Galatians 4:4-6].

While doing this study, I thought of a song written by a friend of mine. Its title is "I Am A Child of God". I have not heard it for many years. I believe these are the lyrics to the song:

I am a child of God
I am child of the Most High God
Born of the Spirit
Filled with the Spirit
Led by the Spirit of God

I have the life and the nature of God.
I have the life and the nature of the Most High God
Born of the Spirit
Filled with the Spirit
Led by the Spirit of God

I have the power of the Word of God
I have the power of the Word of the Most High God
Born of the Spirit
Filled with the Spirit
Led by the Spirit of God