His father was God's minister... and John could not bow before the throne of grace without first kneeling to his father". It hurts John that there is a catch to his father's love. ... The little things add up to the one big issue for John, his father resents him. When the family is at the church praying, the author explores Gabriel's resentment for John, "But how could there not be a difference between the son of a weak, proud woman and some careless boy, and the son that God had promised him,... ... Because John did not not have Gabriel's blood in him, he was not the ...

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After this we will look at the rebellious action of the son, the ruthless anticipation of the Father, and the relentless affection of the Father. ... And this father had two sons. ... Jesus said, "In my Father's house there are many abiding places - We can see the father probably looking out the window, watching, waiting for his son to return. ... He realized that he no longer had claims on his father's goods, and morally he no longer has the right to be called a son; but if not a son then maybe a servant. ... Now here we see that the father had been watching for him because it say...

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But I feel that Jesus" claim to be the Son of God is totally crazy. ... Therefore I do not believe he is "God incarnate" "My father who has given them to me, is greater than all and no one is able to snatch them out of my father's hands. I and my father are one." ... Again, yes he did exist no he wasn't the Son of God. ... "If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. ...

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The younger son decided it was time to leave his fathers' house, therefore, he took his part of his father's goods. ... He decided it was time to go back home to his father. ... He draped him in clean clothes and gold and gave him a party so they, the father, both sons, and their neighbors, could all feast. ... Jesus was the older son and didn't have a problem working for his father, nor did he ever complain. ... In the Prodigal Son, the son went to Babylon, and in the Progicul Son, the son went to Pahradise. ...

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Taking off from there, the story is about two sons and their father who owns a lot of land. ... When he realized what he had done he planned to go back to his father, apologize, say he didn't deserve to be his son, and ask to be a servant because he feared he would starve if he didn't. ... When mistakes are made we cannot hide from them as the son initially did until he realized that he couldn't hide anymore and needed to go back to his father and ask for forgiveness. ... The father is giving, understanding, helping, and forgiving to both of his sons and is a great example for p...

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An angel has promised John's father that John would be the forerunner of Christ and would have the spirit of Elijah (Luke 1:17). ... After Jesus revealed his omniscience to Nathanael, it led Nathanael to believe that Jesus was the Son of God that he claims to be. ... This word emphasizes miracles that were done in which the glory of God and of the Son would be known. ...

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Roots of Art Intercession of Christ and the Virgin Mary with God the Father The Intercession of Christ and the Virgin Mary with God the Father was made in Tuscany, Italy around 1402 by an unknown artist. ... It contains images of Christ, Mary, the Father, the Holy Spirit, and of a Florentine family. ... Mary pleads to Jesus by saying, "Dearest son, because of the milk that I gave you, have mercy on them." ... The image of God the Father shows his awe and power. ... As well as the Father and Jesus, he has a cross in the halo. ...

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This proved to the many who doubted that he was the Son of God that he really was. ... One way is the way that Jesus relates the cleansing of the hands to the commandment of obeying your mother and father. ... He states, "Honor your mother and father, as the Lord, your God, has commanded you." ... He says that, " Anyone who curses his father or mother shall be put to death." (Lv 20, 9) Then as stated in Mark's passage, "any support you have had from me is now dedicated to God, you allow him to do nothing more for his father or mother." ...

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His entire life is summed up in just four little verses: "When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah. And after he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had many sons and daughters. ...

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In the beginning, the father and his son are on the farm. ... In the parable of the lost son, there was a father who had two sons. ... The father told the son that what he has given him was that everything that was his was the sons. ... First, I realized how upset the father was when his youngest son left. ... I look up to God, like how the son looks up to him father. ...

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Only the father could be said to be without beginning. ... "The father is greater than I" Jn 14:28. ... As a result of this council the Nicene Creed was formulated as a statement of beliefs and closely related the relationship between Father and Son. The council asserted that the Son is one in being with the Father, in contrast to the Arians, who claimed that the Son did not share the same substance as the Father. ... Everyone agreed to say that the divine substance referred to the common nature that the Father, Son, and Spirit have in God, which is shared equally between the three aspect...

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The younger son wants his money from his father's estate which he was expecting to inherit when his father died and also wanted freedom from his family. While the elder son stayed at home, and his father kept his rights and his portion of the estate that would inherit one day. Unlike the oldest son, the younger son turned his into cash and left to enjoy his money away from home. ... He realized not only that he had landed himself in a bad place but also that he was unworthy to be called his father's son. ... But before he could get home his father was already looking for him, before ...

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For Satan, life is not fair since God the Father loved and preferred His Son more than him. ... Then God the Father sends his Son to quell the rebellion. ... After none in Heaven dares to die in the place of fallen man, the Son pleads with the Father, "Behold me then, me for him, life for life / I offer, on me let thine anger fall." ... Satan blames God; the Son serves God. Satan hates mankind; the Son loves mankind. ...

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While Luke 15:3-32 contains the parables about a lost coin, sheep, son, the father's love, and the older brother. ... The final parable involves two sons and their father in which is the point of view of the younger son who wonders off into dissolute living. After spending everything, he plans on returning home and explaining to his father that he's not worthy of being his son and has sinned against him, in which sounds manipulative. ... In the bible the older son is not that great which causes them to resent their father or sibling. ... Looking back, I view the father as God who for...

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"Then he hated his father and longed for the power to cut his father down." ... Like his son, Gabriel strives to abide by God's laws but cannot. Unlike his son, however, Gabriel does not overcome those obstacles and therefore, his quest for God is a failed one. ... While married, he has an illegitimate son with another woman, then sends her and her son up North using money he steals from his wife. ... Or the struggle of John, who manages to separate his father from religion, allowing him to develop a personal relationship with God without feeling that he is giving in to his hated father. ...

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This is a marriage such as could never be imagined on this earth, for it is the wedding of the Son of God to the One whom the Father has chosen to be His Bride. If you can imagine the affections and expectations of a wedding in our human terms, how much more does all heaven anticipate the day when the Father will present the Bride to His Son, the bridegroom? ... Before you and I were born physically, we were betrothed by the Father to the Son." ... When both the young man and the young woman were old enough to become married, the son would tell his father that he was ready to fulfill the ...

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Then ending it with Jesus as God the Father and God the Son, which may be overwhelming to retain, but as you grow in faith the picture becomes clearer. ... Jesus as "God the Son" " Jesus is one of the three members of the Godhead; God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. ... He put aside His glory and power in obedience to God the Father to fulfill their plan (Phil 2:8). ... He is the Son of God, born, full, and led by God's Spirit (John 1:1). ... Jesus' authority, power, and identity was a sign to show the world that He is God the Father and God the Son (John 6:1-14)....

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The father in the story has a son who from childhood has gnashed his teeth, foamed at the mouth and has little to no control over his physical body. The father is beseeching the Lord to heal his son from this affliction that has overtaken their family's life. ... God could say the very same thing to the man who brought his son before Him in Mark Nine. ... Jesus could have said to the father that he would not be there in front of Him with this request to bless his son if he had more doubt than faith. ... He allowed the father to state verbally his belief so that the father's faith cou...

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William Faulkner's "Barn Burning," takes place in the Deep South during the 19th Century and is a story about the relationship between a father and son. A father with a need to burn the barns of aristocrats resulting in dragging his family down with him; along with his knowledgeable son. ... Abner's son, Sarty, attempts to put out the fire inside of Abner because he's sick of what his father is doing to the family and forcing them to share his punishments. ... Abner meaning "the son of fire/burning." ... Then Abner uses on of Saul's sons, Ishbosheth, to oppose the reign of ...

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Yet at the beginning of that genealogy Jesus is designated as " the son of David, the son of Abraham". ... This strengthens the Son of God because it does not prevent Jesus from being Son of David, Son of Abraham through the ancestry of Joseph since Joseph accepted Jesus as his own. ... The purpose of loving the enemy is to "be children of your Father in heaven (5:45)." ... Be like our Father like it is said in 5:48 " so be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect." This commandment is primarily based on our heavenly Father and His nature. ...

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Both men can be compared and contrasted as men favored by God and as fathers, husbands, heroes, and servants of God, as well. ... To Abram, He has said, "No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations." ... Finally, God grants Abraham a son, Isaac. ... Both Isaac and Joseph are born to the men in their old age, which is perhaps the reason their fathers love them so. ... It is also abundantly clear that Jacob loves his son, Joseph, profusely. ...

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To her father, she represents the child who killed her own mother and took away her father's wife. ... Consequently, she turns to her son to provide her with the comfort and love she is lacking. ... She does not feel needed by her husband or her other children, so she nurses her son for many years beyond infancy to feel that she is needed, as mother, by her son. The fact that she depends so heavily upon her son reveals the numerous insecurities she has about herself. ... This name is very symbolic of her father's feelings toward her. ...

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" (Luke 3:22) The Christian faith revolves around the idea of The Holy Trinity, which is the belief in the union of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost all under one Godhead. ... In the first verse, Luke 3:22, the Holy Ghost is depicted as the dove, the voice as God the Father, and Jesus as the Son of God. ... The Life Giver The first head in the Holy Trinity is God the Father. ... God the Father has an unexceptional, undying love for everyone. ... Jesus let himself be brutally tortured and hung up on a cross in order to pay for the humanity's sins, but as promised by God the Father, h...

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Christ was indeed the son of man, conceived and born of a human mother. ... According to the Gospel of Saint Matthew, Simon Peter confessed that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. In many scriptures throughout the New Testament God reveal Jesus as His beloved son. In the Gospel of Luke after John the Baptist baptized Jesus, God declares to Jesus thou are my beloved son, in thee I am well pleased. Saint John declares in the fourth Gospel that the, "Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father". ...

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The Gospel of Matthew begins with a genealogy of Jesus, which relates back to Abraham, the father of the Jews. ... In this way, Joseph took Mary as his wife and became the "adoptive father" of her son Jesus. ... Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel." ... Zechariah does not believe this and is made mute by God until the day his son is born. ... After Mary returns home to Nazareth, Elizabeth gives birth to a son. ...

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