Restored to the Father

Series: Made for More

Restored to the Father

September 17, 2023 | David McQueen

Freedom is found as we trust the Father’s heart (Matthew 6:9; John 14:6). Jesus came to restore us to our Heavenly Father, to see and know His goodness. When we want to know what kind of Father God really is, we do not look to our circumstances or even to our earthly father. Instead, we discover what kind of Father God really is when we look at Jesus, the cross, and the empty tomb. He is a Father who sings in pride over His children, who is slow to anger and abounding in love, who runs to His children to cover their shame, and who is always there and never leaves. We can yield to God and submit to His authority because we know that He is beyond good as a Father.

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Made for More

Restored to the Father

The single question that brought sin into the world is the question of God's   (Gn. 3:3-5)

Throughout the New Testament, Jesus is seen as the     who came to restore all that was lost by the sin that came thought the first Adam. (1 Cor. 15:21-22)

Jesus didn't come to give us an ultimate destination or mertely a philosophy of life. Jesus came to give us our   (Mt. 6:9; Mt 5:16, Jn. 14:6)

Freedom is found as we   the Father's heart.

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The Lord will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will   over you with loud singing. Zephaniah 3:17

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The Lord is compassionate and gracious,       abounding in love. Psalm 103:8

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The Father is so emotionally connected to you that, according to Jesus's parable of the prodigal son, He literally could not be   while you were away. (Luke 15)

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The Lord Is   Ezekiel 49:35

I will   leave you or forsake you. Hebrews 13:5

When we want to know what kind of Father God really is, we don't look at our   We don't look at our earthly father.

When we want to know what kind of Father God really is, we look at   We look at the   we look at the empty tomb. (Jn. 14:6-9)

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