Success in Your Home – Part 5
Dr RJ Sing · 2 min read
“I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake. 13 I write to you, fathers, because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, because you have known the Father. 14 I have written to you, fathers, because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.”
The relationship between the persons of the Godhead in Heaven is intimate, containing three eternal aspects. These are the three aspects God desires to be projected into our homes on earth:
The first is fatherhood, God the Father, has ever been the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ and Christ has ever been His Son. In Ephesians 3:14-15 (NKJV) Paul says, “For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named.” The Greek word here translated “family” is partia, formed directly from pater, meaning “father.” The New King James Version says “family” but the J.B Phillips translation renders this fatherhood, which is a more faithful translation of the Greek.
This passage shows us not only that God is the Father of Christ, but also that the office of fatherhood in all the earth is derived from and established on the pattern of the office that God the Father holds within the Godhead. All fatherhood is a projection of the nature of God the Father.
From the September 2016 issue, themed I am a Champion.
