Ephesians 1:3-14
Main Idea: God is the praiseworthy, eternal, and almighty Father who brings to pass every purpose of his will.
I. The Always Father
Christians believe in a trinitarian God:
God the Father is the architect of redemption
God the Son accomplishes redemption
God the Spirit applies redemption.
John 17:24: Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
“Since God is, before all things, a Father, and not primarily a Creator or Ruler, all his ways are beautifully fatherly. It is not that this God ‘does’ being Father as his day job, only to kick back in the evenings as plain old ‘God.’ It is not that he has a nice blob of fatherly icing on top. He is Father. All the way down. Thus all that he does, he does as Father. That is who he is. He creates as a Father and he rules as a Father; and that means the way he rules over creation is most unlike the way any other God would rule over creation.” ~ Michael Reeves
II. The Adopting Father
Our adoption in Christ is:
Planned
Plentiful
Powerful
Permanent
“What is a Christian? The question can be answered in many ways, but the richest answer I know is that a Christian is one who has God as Father… If you want to judge how well a person understands Christianity, find out how much he makes of the thought of being God’s child, and having God as his Father.” ~ J.I. Packer
III. The Almighty Father
