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MOR-Bible, which is in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. We thank God our Father always without ceasing because when you received the Word of God which you heard of us, you received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth the Word of God, which effectually works also in you that believe (1 Thessalonians 2:13).

In the July 2021 teaching, we defined the word "Father" which is the Latin word Pater which means "Father, ancestor, spoken of God, creator," who is above all, and through all, and in all of those born-again of His Spirit! We defined what the number eight (8) represents in the Word of God and reviewed usages of the number eight (8) in God's Word, as "Father" is listed eighth in Ephesians 4:6.

Over the last several months, we have performed a textual Word-based study on the eight unities of the spirit documented in Ephesians 4:4-6:

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

God's Word unequivocally declares there is one true God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ and our Father, who is above all and through all born-again believers, and in all born-again believers in the body of Christ! We now know from God's Word how to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace with God our Father and His son the Lord Jesus Christ and the body of Christ!

In the teachings from January 2021-July 2021, we have learned so much from God's Word about these unities in His Word. I pray that we may be able to comprehend with all the born-again believers what is the breadth, length, depth, and height of these eight unities documented in God's Word in Ephesians 4:6:

One God and Father [Pater] of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

In this month's teaching, we will review some of the scriptures for the Latin word Pater used for our English word "Father." Just a reminder from last month's teaching, the word "Father" is the Latin word Pater meaning Father, ancestor, spoken of God, as creator (Bullinger. 1975. Critical Lexicon and Concordance to the English and Greek New Testament).

When we search the scriptures, we see the Latin word Pater meaning "Father." This word applies to our Spiritual Father, earthly fathers, and Abraham our father by believing. Pater is also used for the father of those born of the seed of the devil. John 3:6 tells us that we have an earthly father and a spiritual Father.

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

This tells us we have two separate births! One birth is from the corruptible flesh of my earthly father. And the other birth is from the incorruptible gift of holy spirit of my heavenly Father which lives and abides forever! 1 Peter 1:23 states:

Being born-again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth forever.

The Greek word Pater is used in God's Word many times. We are going to review the scriptures for the Greek word Pater documented in the Church Epistles that are addressed to our current administration of Grace. I encourage you to please read the contexts of these scriptures in order to receive further understanding. Romans 1:7:

To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father [Pater], and the Lord Jesus Christ.

When you confessed Jesus as Lord and believed in your heart that the one true God raised him from the dead you were born-again of His Spirit and He became your Father (Romans 10:9). Romans 8:15 tells us:

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption [sonship], whereby we cry, Abba, Father [Pater].

Romans 15:8:

Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision [Israel] for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers [Pater].

1 Corinthians 1:3:

Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father [Pater], and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 8:6:

But to us there is but one God, the Father [Pater], of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

How many Gods and Fathers? One God the Father. How many Lords? One Lord Jesus Christ! To us, the sons and daughters of the one true God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, there is one God and one Lord, Jesus Christ. And we are in him!

1 Corinthians 15:24:

Then cometh the end, when he [Christ] shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father [Pater]; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.

2 Corinthians 1:3:

Blessed be God, even the Father [Pater] of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort.

2 Corinthians 11:31:

The God and Father [Pater] of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.

2 Corinthians 6:18:

And will be a Father [Pater] unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Galatians 1:1:

Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father [Pater], who raised him from the dead;).

Galatians 1:4:

Who [our Lord Jesus Christ] gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father [Pater]?

Galatians 4:6:

And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father [Pater].

God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, is the Father of all who have confessed Jesus as Lord and believed in their hearts that God has raised him from the dead!

Ephesians 1:3:

Blessed be the God and Father [Pater] of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.

God our Father had blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. This statement is in the past tense! It's done, people! It has nothing to do with the way we feel! We have been blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ!

Ephesians 3:14:

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father [Pater] of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 5:20:

Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father [Pater] in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

This verse plainly states we are to give thanks for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord (Kurios - master) Jesus Christ, the humbled one now glorified! It does not state to give thanks in the name of Jesus. I didn't write it. I am just reading God's Word, believing it, saying it, and doing it! See December 2020 teaching.

Philippians 2:11:

And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord [master], to the glory of God the Father [Pater].

How many tongues? Every tongue!

Philippians 2:22:

But ye know the proof of him [Timothy], that, as a son with the father [Pater], he hath served with me in the gospel.

Philippians 4:20:

Now unto God and our Father [Pater] be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Colossians 1:3:

We give thanks to God and the Father [Pater] of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you.

Colossians 2:2:

That their [them at Laodicea] hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father [Pater], and of Christ.

Colossians 3:17:

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father [Pater] by him.

1 Thessalonians 1:3:

Remembering without ceasing your work of faith [believing], and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father [Pater].

1 Thessalonians 3:11:

Now God himself and our Father [Pater], and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.

1 Thessalonians 3:13:

To the end he [the Lord-master] may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father [Pater], at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

If you have the seed of God which is the gift of the holy spirit in you, then God is your Father! We received God's seed by meeting the requirements of Romans 10:9.

2 Thessalonians 1:1:

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father [Pater] and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 1:2:

Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father [Pater] and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 2:16-17:

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father [Pater], which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace.

Comfort your hearts and stablish you in every good word and work.

We must come to a decision to keep like a treasure the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. We must, as sons and daughters of God our Father, walk with lowliness, humility, modesty, and demeanor. We must walk with meekness, gentleness, tenderness, and enduring all things with an even temper. We must walk with longsuffering, patient, endurance, and forbearance. We must walk, upright, we must hold up, hold out, endure and bear with one another in unity. And the only way we can do this is with the love of God in the renewed mind in manifestation! The Will of God is the Word of God.

In this month's teaching, we have reviewed some of the scriptures for the Latin word Pater used for our English word "Father." To us, the sons and daughters of the one true God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, there is one God and one Lord, Jesus Christ and we are in him!

We pray to God our Father and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named that He would grant us according to the riches of His glory to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man. We pray to God our Father that Christ may dwell in our hearts by believing that we, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, length, depth, and height of His love. We pray to God our Father to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that we might be filled with all the fullness of God. We thank God our Father who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us. We give thanks to God our Father. Glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end (Ephesians 3: 14-21). In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

Next month's teaching: Two spiritual Fathers and their seeds.

In the Lord,

Ministry of Reconciliation
Son of God through Jesus Christ
Ambassador for Christ

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