Christ’s Father -- Our Father

December 27

(Luke 2:48-50 NIV) "When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, "Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you." {49} "Why were you searching for me?" he asked. "Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house?" {50} But they did not understand what he was saying to them."

(John 2:16 NIV) "To those who sold doves he said, "Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Father's house into a market!""

(John 6:40 NIV) "For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.""

(John 14:2 NIV) "In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you."

(John 15:8 NIV) "This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples."

When Joseph and Mary headed home from Jerusalem, Jesus stayed behind. He spent three days in the temple amazing the religious teachers with His spiritual wisdom. When His parents returned and found Him, they were upset that He had caused them anxiety. Jesus told them that they should have known He would be in God’s temple, “His Father’s house”. Jesus was aware that His Father was God. Later in His ministry, Jesus declared that His Father’s house was a holy place and should not be desecrated. He told His disciples that His Father’s heavenly house had many rooms, and that He was going there to prepare a place for them. He taught that His Father’s will was for them to bear much fruit, and to have eternal life. And the awesome truth today is that when we believe God and are born again, Christ’s Father becomes our Father. We can become true children of God. Believe God! -- Friar Tuck’s Word of the Day