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Jesus introduced God as our loving Father

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Deutsch: Fresco im Markuskloster in Florenz (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) When Jesus arrived on the scene, He reintroduced His Jewish audience to God as a loving, beneficent Father to those who know, love, and obey Him. In the Sermon on the Mount , He taught them that the Father takes care of the needs of His children: Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it shall be opened. Or what man is there among you, when his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone? Or if he shall ask for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him! ( Matt. 7:7–11) Jesus reaffirmed to them what their Scripture taught and what faithful, godly Jews had always believed: God is the Father in heaven to tho...

Free from Logos: “The Godhead of God” by A. W. Pink

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Logos is giving away  The Godhead of God  by A. W. Pink . Pink explains the book this way: ”The Godhood of God! What is meant by the expression? This: the omnipotency of God, the absolute sovereignty of God. When we speak of the Godhood of God we affirm that God is God. We affirm that God is something more than an empty title: that God is something more than a mere figure-head: that God is something more than a far-distant Spectator , looking helplessly on at the suffering which sin has wrought. When we speak of the Godhood of God we affirm that He is ‘King of kings and Lord of lords .’ “You can get it  here . Related articles On the Mormon Concept of God (maverickphilosopher.typepad.com) Logos Free Book of the Month for May (readingacts.wordpress.com) The Road Less Traveled - Godlike (ayearofintention.wordpress.com) Ex Mormon Ed. Decker slams Joel Olsteen's comments: "Mormons are Christians" (exministries.wordpress.com) ("What kind of madness forces an...