Our Father Is Unerringly Faithful.

The God whom Jesus revealed as His Father, the God who is experienced by His Sons and Daughters as Abba, a loving Papa— generous to a fault and gracious beyond belief— is unlimited in His love and unchanging in His essence.

There is no end to His love for you, for us, and for all mankind {Jn. 3:16}… and there never will be.  For Abba, above all others, is ultimately faithful.

How?

Abba is faithful in keeping His promises.  Paul speaks of “God who cannot lie” and Hebrews 10:23 says that the God “who promised is faithful.”

Abba is faithful to forgive— 1 John 1:9.  “If we are faithful to confess, the Father is faithful to forgive ...and to purify the soul from all unrighteousness” {RR Exp}, which means any sin or stain or evil device of our enemy.

Abba faithfully keeps our souls safe and secure—Romans 8:35-39; John 10:27-29.  “I give My sheep Life and Life Eternal, and not one of them shall ever perish; for no one [Period!] can snatch them out of My hand.”

Abba always comes through for those who love Him.  Pressure or pain, trial or tribulation, it makes no difference.  Ps. 34:18— “The Lord is ever near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.  For many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers her out of them all,” v. 19.

Abba never fails to strengthen, stabilize, and protect the souls of His Children— Isaiah 41:10-13.  Paul said to the Thessalonians, “the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one” {2 Thes. 3:3}.

Abba is faithful to execute His plan— John 5:21-27.  The Corinthians discovered, in the words of the apostle Paul, it is God who “will keep you strong to the End [And why?], so that you will be blameless on the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ.  God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful” {1 Cor. 1:8-9}.

Abba is always faithful to provide for us in grace— Philippians 4:19.  Paul said his gracious and lavishly generous God would “meet all” our “needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.”

We’ve just seen seven ways in which our God is incredibly faithful to father His Children.  We belong to Him and He belongs to us.  And there is phenomenal strength in the security of this relationship.  Do you sense the worth of your soul, the infinite value of a heart created by the hand of Christ?  Because you should.  It’s a critical component of your eternal identity.

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