14/09/2025 – Morning Service: The Fatherhood of God

Bible Readings:

Ephesians 3:1-21, 5:22-6:9

Sermon Outline:

Ephesians 3:14–15 (NKJV)

¹⁴For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹⁵from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

I The Father of the Son
John 3:16 (NKJV)

¹⁶For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

II The Father of Adoption

III The Father of Regeneration

IV Our duties to the Father

V Christian fathers
Ephesians 6:4 (NKJV)

⁴And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.

What is a Christian?
The question can be answered in many ways,
but the richest answer I know is that a Christian is one who has God
as his Father.

J. I. Packer

Since God has a Son of his own, and such a Son,
how wonderful is God’s love in adopting us!
We needed a Father, but he did not need sons.

Thomas Watson

My soul’s cry is still for more acquaintance with the Lord Jesus,
and the Father in him.

Andrew Bonar