THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
When the apostles spoke of God, they often used a phrase filled with quiet reverence: the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In those few words lies a doorway into the very heart of the gospel. God is not an abstract force hidden somewhere beyond the stars; He is the Father revealed through His Son. To know Jesus is to be led into the knowledge of the One whom Jesus calls Father.
The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in Christ (Ephesians 1:3). Long before we ever thought of Him, the Father was already thinking of us. His heart was not moved by our goodness but by His own love. Through Christ He planned redemption, adoption, and the gift of grace that lifts broken people into the family of God. The gospel begins not with human seeking but with the Father’s eternal kindness.
Throughout the life of Jesus we see this relationship shining like sunlight through every word and action. Christ prayed to the Father in quiet places; He trusted the Father in suffering; He obeyed the Father even unto the cross. And in doing so He revealed the character of God. The One whom Jesus calls Father is the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort, who consoles us in our troubles so that we may share that same comfort with others (2 Corinthians 1:3-4).
The cross itself reveals the depth of the Father’s love. It was not merely the suffering of Christ that saved us; it was the purpose of the Father working through the Son. God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that whoever trusts in Him would not perish but receive eternal life (John 3:16). In that moment we see the harmony of heaven—the Father giving, the Son offering Himself, and grace flowing out toward a lost world.
And through Christ the Father becomes our Father as well. Jesus taught His disciples to pray, “Our Father in heaven,” inviting ordinary people into a relationship once thought unreachable (Matthew 6:9). Those who come to Christ are no longer strangers; they are welcomed as children. The Father who delighted in His beloved Son now extends that same love to all who are in Him.
So when the apostle lifts his voice in praise to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, he is celebrating the source of all grace. The Father planned redemption, the Son accomplished it, and the Spirit brings its life into our hearts. In Christ we see the face of the Father—and in the Father we discover a love deeper than the oceans and older than the stars.
To walk with Jesus is to live under the gentle care of this Father. He guides, corrects, and sustains His children. Every mercy we receive flows from His hand. Every hope we hold rests upon His promise. And one day the family He has gathered through Christ will stand together in His presence, praising forever the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we praise You for the grace You have shown through Your Son. Teach us to trust Your heart, to walk in Your love, and to live as grateful children in Your family. Through Jesus our Lord, Amen.
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