1. Grace Fellowship Church Pastor/Teacher Jim Rickard Sunday, November 21, 2010 www.GraceDoctrine.org

2. 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.”

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

4. Doctrine of God the Father

5. FatherPlanner SonExecutor Holy Spirit Enabler Co-Equal Co-Infinite Co-Eternal

6. SovereigntySovereignty RighteousRighteous JusticeJustice LoveLove Eternal LifeEternal Life OmniscienceOmniscience OmnipotentOmnipotent OmnipresenceOmnipresence ImmutableImmutable VeracityVeracity Major Attributes of God

7. III. God the Father C. The Fatherhood of God has several manifestations.

8. 1. Fatherhood over creation. 2. Fatherhood over Israel. 3. The Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 4. Fatherhood over all who believe.

9. These represent His: 1.Universal Fatherhood 2.National Fatherhood 3.Eternal Fatherhood 4.Relational Fatherhood

10. 1. Fatherhood over Creation: (Universal Fatherhood) 1 Cor 8:6, All mankind belongs to the Fatherhood of God due to His creation.

11. 2. Fatherhood over Israel: (National Fatherhood) The intimate relationship between Jehovah and Israel, made possible by God’s grace.

12. Ex 4:22, “Thus says the LORD, ‘Israel is My son, My firstborn’.”

13. 3. The Father of our Lord Jesus Christ: (Eternal Fatherhood):

14. “The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ” is the full title of the First Person of the Trinity. Rom 15:6; 2 Cor 1:3; Eph 1:3; 1 Peter 1:3; 2 Cor 11:31

15. The relation of the 2 nd Person of the Trinity to the 1 st Person has eternally been that of a Son, which is unchangeable too.

16. Jesus did not become a Son of the Father by His incarnation or resurrection; nor is He by mere title, nor is He temporarily assuming that relationship.

17. The Son is eternally on an absolute equality with the Father.

18. Yet, the 1 st Person became the God of the humanity of the 2 nd Person as a result of the incarnation.

19. The 1 st Person is never the God of the 2 nd Person in deity, but is His Father.

20. Only from Jesus’ humanity could Christ address the 1 st Person as “My God.” Mat 27:46; John 20:17

21. The thought of inferiority or succession is not to be included in the Divine Father and Son relationship.

22. Whenever Christ addressed the 1 st Person as “God”, it is clearly indicated that He spoke from His humanity. Mat 27:46; Heb 10:7: (Psa 40:7-8)

23. Many false doctrines persist regarding Jesus’ sonship which must be rejected including:

24. a) That Christ became a Son by His incarnation, Luke 1:35.

25. a) That Christ became a Son by His incarnation, Luke 1:35. b) That He became one by the resurrection, Rom 1:4.

26. c) That He is one only by virtue of office.

27. c) That He is one only by virtue of office. d) That He is one only by title.

28. Jesus Christ has always been the Son of God and His sonship is made manifest by His incarnation and resurrection.

29. He asserted the principle of His sonship from eternity past in John 17:5, 24. As does Paul in Col 1:15-16.

30. Jesus was the Son whom God sent into the world, whom He “gave”. Isa 9:6; John 3:16

31. The Nicene Creed states: “The only begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten not made, being of one substance with the Father.”

32. The Athanasian Creed states: “The Son is from the Father alone; neither made, nor created, but begotten... generated from eternity from the substance of the Father.”

33. Grace Offering

34. Grace Fellowship Church Sunday, November 21, 2010 Tape # 10-128 Obstructions to Divine Good Production, Part 23 (Not Knowing God) God the Father, Part 3 Upper Room Discourse, Part 442 John 15:21; 17:5, 24; Rom 15:6; 2 Cor 1:3; Col 1:15-16 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2010