| THE FATHER |
| God the eternal Father is the Creator, Source, Sustainer, and Sovereign of all creation. He is just and holy, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. The qualities and powers exhibited in the Son and the Holy Spirit are also revelations of the Father. Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Revelation 4:11 11 "Worthy art thou, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for thou didst create all things, and by thy will they existed and were created." 1 Corinthians 15:28 28 When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things under him, that God may be everything to every one. John 3:16 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 1 John 4:8 8 He who does not love does not know God; for God is love. 1 Timothy 1:17 17 To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen. Exodus 34:6, 7 6 The LORD passed before him, and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, 7 keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation." John 14:9 9 Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father; how can you say, 'Show us the Father'? |