LW Baptist

By Rolland Coburn

Pastor

The Lord Jesus is the one who taught us to pray to “our father” in heaven. And among all the Bible’s love-promises, he gave us this astounding word, “For the father himself loves you” (John 16:27). Then Jesus explained, “It is because you have loved me and have believed that I came forth from the father.”

David, the man after God’s own heart, knew the father’s love. He says, “As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him” (Psalm 103:13).

But the New Testament expands our understanding of this love: “God’s love has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. God shows his love for us in this, while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:5,8).

The Bible says, “We have come to know and to trust God’s love for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God