The Prodigal Father

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"Ask and it will be given to you seek and you
will find knock and the door will be opened to
you. For everyone who asks receives he who seeks
finds and to him who knocks, the door will be
opened.  "Which of you, if his son asks for
bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a
fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though
you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your
children, how much more will your Father in
heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! So
in everything, do to others what you would have
them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the
Prophets.
Matthew 7 7-12
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Fatherhood in the 21st Century

• 8 of fathers not revealed on birth certificates

Fathers absent from lives of around 80 of
teenage criminals
Fatherhood is as broken as ever.
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The Prodigal Father

• God as Father through the Bible

The earth was without form and an empty waste,
and darkness was upon the face of the very great
deep. The Spirit of God was moving (hovering,
brooding) over the face of the waters.
Genesis 1 2
Creator Protector Provider Judge
O.T.
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The Prodigal Father

• God as Father through the Bible

Creator Protector Provider Judge
O.T.
Though my father and mother forsake me, the
LORD will receive me. Psalm
2710
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The Prodigal Father

• God as Father through the Bible

Creator Protector Provider Judge
O.T.
A father of the fatherless and a judge and
protector of the widows is God in His holy
habitation. Psalm 68 5
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Jesus Teaches on the Father
N.T.
A new kind of Fatherhood?
But I tell you Love your enemies and pray for
those who persecute you, that you may be sons of
your Father in heaven. Matthew 5 44,45
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Jesus Teaches on the Father
"This, then, is how you should pray " 'Our
Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your
kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it
is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our debts,    as we also have
forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into
temptation,    but deliver us from the evil
one. Matthew 6 9-13
N.T.
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Jesus Teaches on the Father
"Ask and it will be given to you seek and you
will find knock and the door will be opened to
you. For everyone who asks receives he who seeks
finds and to him who knocks, the door will be
opened.  "Which of you, if his son asks for
bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a
fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though
you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your
children, how much more will your Father in
heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! So
in everything, do to others what you would have
them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the
Prophets. Matthew 7 7-12
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Jesus Teaches on the Father
Abba Matthew 1125 Mark 14 36 Luke 23 34
John 11 41
N.T.
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Jesus Teaches on the Father
N.T.
O.T.
Creator Protector Provider Judge
father child relationship as demonstrated by
Jesus Enabler Abba
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"Ask and it will be given to you seek and you
will find knock and the door will be opened to
you. For everyone who asks receives he who seeks
finds and to him who knocks, the door will be
opened.  "Which of you, if his son asks for
bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a
fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though
you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your
children, how much more will your Father in
heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! So
in everything, do to others what you would have
them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the
Prophets.
Matthew 7 7-12
1st February, 2009
The Prodigal Father Jesus teaches on the Father