God is the Father; He is not merely the Father of the Son but the Father of all creation (Malachi 2:10; Hebrews 12:9). He is also our Father by reason of the new birth (Romans 8:14-16). The title "Father" indicates a relationship between God and humans, particularly between God and His Son and between God and regenerated humans. Jesus taught many times that God is our Father (Mathew 5:16, 45, 48). He taught us to pray, "Our Father which art in heaven"(Mathew 6:9). Of course, Jesus as a man had an additional relationship to God in a sense that no one else has ever had. He was the only begotten Son of the Father (John 3:16), the only one that was actually conceived by the Spirit of God and the only one who had the fullness of God without measure.
The Bible plainly states that there is only one Father (Malachi 2:10; Ephesians 4:6). It also clearly teaches that Jesus is the one Father incarnate (Isaiah 9:6; John 10:30). The Spirit that dwelt in the Son of God was none other than the Father.
It is important to note that the name of the Father is Jesus, for this name fully reveals and expresses the Father. In John 5:43, Jesus said, "I am come in my Fathers name." According to Hebrews 1:4, the Son "by inheritance obtained a more excellent name." In other words, the Son inherited His Fathers name. We therefore understand why Jesus said that He manifested and declared the Father"s name (John 17:6, 26). He fulfilled the OT prophecy that stated the Messiah would declare the name of the Lord (Psalm 22:22; Hebrews 2:12). In what name did the Son come? What name did He obtain from the Father by inheritance? What name did the Son manifest? The answer is apparent. The only name He used was the name of Jesus, His Fathers name.
__________________ And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
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