Grace Fellowship Church Pastor/Teacher Jim Rickard Thursday, December 2,

Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.— Amen.

Memory Verse 2 Tim 2:4, “No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.”

John 15:18-21 Obstructions to Divine Good Production: Reason #1: Satan’s Cosmic System hates the believer! Reason #2: We are not of this world-Election out from the World! Reason #3: “The servant is not greater than his Lord,” therefore we too will have persecutions! Reason #4: “The Cosmos does not know God and is ignorant to His Plan.” John 15:18-21 Obstructions to Divine Good Production: Reason #1: Satan’s Cosmic System hates the believer! Reason #2: We are not of this world-Election out from the World! Reason #3: “The servant is not greater than his Lord,” therefore we too will have persecutions! Reason #4: “The Cosmos does not know God and is ignorant to His Plan.”

John 15:21, “But all these things, (persecutions), they will do to you all for the sake of My name. Because they inherently do not know the One (God the Father) who sent Me.”

Doctrine of God the Father

Father Planner Son Executor Holy Spirit Enabler Co-Equal Co-Infinite Co-Eternal

III. God the Father E. The Functionality of God the Father related to Mankind: (continued)

15. The believer is sanctified by God the Father, 1 Cor 1:1; Jude 1:1.

a. We are sanctified by Christ, Heb 2:11. b. We are sanctified by the Holy Spirit, Rom 15:16; 1 Cor 6:11.

1 Cor 6:11, “Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.”

16. The Believer is kept safe by God the Father. John 10:29, “No man is able to snatch them out of my Father’s hand.”

a. The same thing is promised by the Son Himself, John 10:28; Rom 8:34.

b. Nothing is more assuring than Eph 4:30 that tells the believer he is “sealed (by the Spirit) unto the day of redemption.”

F. God the Father’s role in the Incarnation of Jesus Christ.

John 3:16, “God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son.”

John 5:26, “For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself.

1. Three Persons are present in the incarnation of Jesus Christ:

a. The Spirit generates the Son. Mat 1:18-20

b. But in such a manner that the Son addresses the First Person as Father. Mat 4:17; Mark 1:11; Luke 3:23, 38; John 3:35

c. The Son always did the will of the Father. Mat 26:39; Mark 14:36; Luke 22:42; John 6:38

d. To accomplish this, the Spirit was given to the Son without measure. Mat 3:16; 4:1; Mark 1:10, 12; Luke 4:1; John 3:34

2. God the Father was involved in the death of Jesus Christ upon the Cross as prophesized in Psa 22:15. Psa 22:15, “And You lay me in the dust of death.”

a. Likewise Jesus gave up His own life, Luke 23:46; John 10:11-18, Phil 2:8. b. The Spirit’s part in Christ’s death is stated in Heb 9:14.

3. The Father resurrected Jesus Christ (returning His spirit from heaven). Eph 1:20; Col 2:12; 1 Thes 1:10; 1 Pet 1:21; Heb 13:20

a. The Spirit returned Jesus’ soul from Hades/Sheol. Acts 2:24; Rom 1:4, 8:11; 1 Peter 3:18

b. The Son raised His body. John 2:19; 10:17-18

4. God the Father will place all authority in subjection to our Lord Jesus Christ, (Operation Footstool). 1 Cor 15:25-28; Eph 1:22; Heb 2:8

IV. The titles of God the Father:

He is “the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ”, and “the Father of Mercies”.

He is addressed as Abba, Father; Heavenly Father; Father of Spirits; Holy Father; Righteous Father; Father of Lights; and Father of Glory.

Grace Fellowship Church Thursday, December 2, 2010 Tape # Obstructions to Divine Good Production, Part 27 (Not Knowing God) God the Father, Part 7 Upper Room Discourse, Part 446 John 15:21; 5:26; 10:29; Psa 22:15 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2010