WHO IS OUR FATHER?

Romans 8:15 For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."


Galatians 4:6 Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father."


WHEN WE RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST IN OUR HEARTS, WE BECAME SONS OF GOD.


WHEN WE RECEIVE THE SPIRIT OF THE SON OF GOD IN OUR HEARTS, WE BECOME UNITED WITH THE SON, THEREFORE, WE BECOME PARTS OF THE BODY OF THE SON.


1 Corinthians 12:27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.


AS MEMBERS OF THE BODY OF CHRIST, WE ARE UNITED IN CHRIST.


AS CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD, WE TOO, AS PARTS OF THE BODY OF CHRIST, BECOME SONS OF GOD TOO.


Romans 12:5 so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.


AS MEMBERS OF ONE BODY OF CHRIST, WE BECOME UNITED WITH EACH OTHER, AND BECAUSE OF THIS, WE, AS MEMBERS OF THAT SAME BODY, BELONG WITH ONE ANOTHER.


IN THIS UNITY WITH CHRIST, WE BECAME CHILDREN OF GOD.


AS CHILDREN OF GOD, WE CALL TO GOD, AS "ABBA".


THE NAME "ABBA" REPRESENTS THAT GOD IS OUR FATHER.


WE BECAME ACCEPTED AS CHILDREN OF GOD WHEN WE ACCEPTED GOD'S ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.


1 Corinthians 12:12 The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ.


WE BECAME THE PARTS OF THE BODY OF CHRIST, AND EACH OF US ARE UNITED IN CHRIST, AND WE ARE CHILDREN OF GOD BECAUSE OF BEING A PART OF THE BODY OF CHRIST.


1 Corinthians 12:28-31 And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues. 


Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?


Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?


But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you the most excellent way.


AS PARTS OF THE BODY OF CHRIST, AND AS MEMBERS OF HIS GROUP/ORGANIZATION, WE HAVE ROLES AS MEMBERS OF HIS GROUP/ORGANIZATION.


OUR ROLE IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GIFTS GOD HAS GIVEN US.


NOT ALL WILL HAVE THE SAME GIFTS, BUT DIFFERENT GIFTS.


WITH THE GIFTS WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM GOD, MAY WE DO WHAT IS GOOD IN EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.


IT IS THE WAY WE FUNCTION AS MEMBERS OF THE BODY OF CHRIST.


REGARDING THE WAY TO PROCEED AS A MEMBER OF GOD'S ORGANIZATION, THE MOST EXCELLENT WAY IS THROUGH BASING OUR LIVES IN LOVE.


1 CORINTHIANS 13:1-13


If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.


If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.


If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.


Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.


Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.


It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.


Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.


For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 
but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.


When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.


Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.


And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.


AS GOD'S CHILDREN, WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE BODY OF CHRIST, WHO ARE MEMBERS OF DEUS(GOD), MAY WE LIVE OUR LIVES BASED ON THE GREATEST OF ALL THE VIRTUES- WHICH IS LOVE.


1 John 4:16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.


GOD IS LOVE. WHOEVER LIVES IN LOVE LIVES IN GOD, AND GOD IN HIM.


1 John 4:12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.


LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER.


THROUGH LOVING ONE ANOTHER, GOD LIVES IN US, AND HIS LOVE IS MADE COMPLETE WITHIN US.


MAY WE LOVE ONE ANOTHER FOR THE LOVE OF OUR GOD, WHO IS "ABBA", OUR FATHER, AND FOR THE LOVE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.


GOD BLESS EVERYONE.