| 1.2.3.3  Because God was 
                  his "Father"? Is Jesus (pbuh) a divine son of God 
                because he called God "Father"? Well, how do all Christians 
                refer to Him? What does Jesus himself have to tell us in this 
                regard? Let us read  "That ye may be the children of your Father 
                which is in heaven..."  Matthew 5:45 and "Be ye therefore perfect, 
                even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." 
                 Matthew 5:48: ...etc. There are countless verses in the Bible to 
                this effect. To understand what is meant by the reference to 
                "Father" we need only read John 8:42: "Jesus said unto them, If God were your 
                Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from 
                God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me."  So the love of God and His prophets is what 
                makes God someone's "father." Similarly,  "Ye are of your father the devil, and the 
                lusts of your father ye will do."  John 8:44 Obviously neither the Devil nor God is the 
                physical father of any of them. The term "Father" in that 
                day and age was used by the Jews in the same sense that 
                Christians use the word "father" today to address a priest. It 
                was not meant to be taken literally. Otherwise, the Bible would 
                bear witness that every believer in Jesus (pbuh) is also the 
                "physical" son of God. Further, please note that Joseph is called a 
                "father" to Pharaoh in Genesis 45:8, and Job is called the 
                "father" of the poor in Job 29:16. Once we read all of this we 
                begin to understand how the Jews used to understand the 
                reference to God Almighty as "Father." Table of Contents |
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