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The Father of My Soul
(Mt6:9-15)
God is the Father of spirits (He12:9).
According to His will, He gives birth to children through the word of truth (Jas1:18) and
Inherits the best to His children (He1:4).
 
Faith is believing that the Father of my soul is in heaven (Mt6:9) and
Faith life is doing accruing to His will (Jn6:39-40, in order for my soul to
Become firstfruits of all He created (Jas1:18) and return to the Father’s house as
The Bible speaks of the father of the flesh and the father of spirits (He12:9).
 
To the children born of his own blood,
A father wishes to leave a distinguished family and bloodline as an inheritance.
To raise them to be excellent children, the father spares no financial support.
As such, the absence of a father brings about profound personal and social misery.
 
Deceived by the devil, Adam sinned (Ge2:17, 3:4-6) and
All mankind was demoted to the status of children of the devil (Jn8:44).
This tragedy manifested itself as a brother killing his own brother:
The punishment for Cain was seven times (Ge4:15),
While for his fourth-generation descendant, Lamech, it reached 77 times (Ge4:23-24).
 
Although God promised Abraham that he would be the father of many nations (Ge17:4) and
That God would be the God of his descendants (Ge17:7),
The conflict and struggle between siblings persist to this day (Ge21:9-12):
Ishmael—a firstborn by bloodline—Hagar/ a slave—mixed offspring with gentile—> Islam;
Isaac—a son (seed) by covenant—Sarah/ the mother of many nations—Jacob—> Israel.
 
The commandment regarding men that Israel received was
To honor their parents and love their neighbors.
However, if a witness did not speak up when they heard a public charge,
They would be held responsible (Lev5:1).
As such, parents, siblings, and neighbors—everyone was an object of suspicion.
 
Following his many gentile concubines, King Solomon served their gods and
The Kingdom of Judah eventually divided and was led into ruins (1Ki11:4-11).
 
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21):
Jehovah—the Law—the spirit of slave—to fear—servants of Jehovah—>Canaan/ inheritance;
Yeshua—the truth—the spirit of sonship—free—children of God—>Father’s house/ inheritance.

 
Hearing the word and seeing the signs of Yeshua during His public life,
There was much debate among the people regarding His true identity (Jn6:42):
While Yeshua was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph (Lk3:23),
He declared that He is who existed before Abraham was born (Jn8:44–58)—that is,
The Creator God who was the Word in the beginning (Jn1:1-3, 14).
In doing so, He brought death upon himself (Jn8:59).
 
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1)    Died according to the command and fulfilled the purpose of God (Jn10:18; Php2:6-11);
2)    Condemned the devil, the separator (Ge3:15-16; 1Jn3:8); and
3)    His death—redeemed—as the last Adam paid the price of the first Adam’s sin (1Co15:45)
                                    —the righteous God judged the first Adam’s sin,
      His blood—redeemed all mankind (1Pe1:18),
                the souls who receive the blood—forgiveness—the Spirit of adoption—heirs of God.
 
He resurrected, ascended to heaven and sat down with the Father on His throne (Rev3:21).
The Holy Spirit came to the church and the souls with the blood of Yeshua.
 
Christians are those who:
1)    For the Holy Spirit Himself testifies with their spirit that has the blood of Christ, the Spirit of Christ, the Spirit of the Son (Rm8:9, 15;
1Pe1:19) that they are God’s children, so to become heirs of God they indeed share in His suffering (Rm8:17);
2)    “Our Father in heaven” = the Father of brothers = the Father of the Church (Mt8:9):
a.    No sin the Father cannot forgive—>forgive their brother’s sin even up to 70x7;
b.    As the Father gives good gifts to His children (Mt7:11–13)—>not holding back to share and give whatever is needed to the very least of their brothers (Mt25:35-40); and
c.    All mankind bought with the blood of Christ are now the spirit of prodigal sons (Lk15:12-32) —thus, seek them with the Father’s heart to return them to the Father’s house (Lk15:6-10).
 
O Lord,
The Father of my soul!  Our Father!  The Father of my brothers!  The Father of the Church!
Give us all the Father’s heart.  Amen.