The Father and Son—Equal in Power and United in Purpose

The Doctrine of God the Father

How can we understand what God is like? God the Father, the author of creation, can only be known and understood through His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.1 The unity of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit represents a mystery that transcends human understanding. Jesus came to earth to reveal His Father’s heart and accomplish His work of redemption on our behalf. Out of abounding love, Christ’s costly sacrifice made a way for sinners to enjoy restored fellowship with their Creator. Believers delight in calling God “Abba, Father,” the same name for God that Jesus Himself used.2

Failure to look to Christ for salvation means living life and facing eternity with a broken relationship with God. Our heavenly Father created every human with an eternal soul designed for communion with Him. Words cannot fully capture the present and eternal loss that results from rejecting God’s love through Christ. You cannot know God without receiving Christ as His Son and your Savior.

God created all people in His image—made to be in relationship with Him. Knowing, worshiping, and glorifying God represents your highest calling and greatest joy. You can intimately know God’s immeasurable greatness, unconditional love, and amazing grace when you come to Him through His Son. How has Jesus opened your eyes to His provision of rich fellowship with God the Father? In what ways does Jesus’s sacrifice reveal God’s infinite majesty to you? The Holy Spirit awakens our hearts to embrace Jesus’s sacrifice, which opens the way for rich fellowship with God the Father. What amazing truth! What an amazing God!

1. Jesus reveals the Father: Matthew 11:27; John 1:14, 18; 14:6-11; Philippians 2:6-11; Colossians 2:9-10; Hebrews 1:2-3
2. Abba, Father: Mark 14:36; Romans 8:15; Galatians 4:6

Resource: Bible Study Fellowship, People of Promise: Kingdom Divided, Lesson 7, The Gospel of John