Revivial in English:

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Norwegian sermon on the Importance of confession:

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Knowing God as Father:

Reconciled with God our Loving Heavenly Father:

“But now you have been united with Christ Jesus. Once you were far away from God, but now you have been brought near to him through the blood of Christ.

He brought this Good News of peace to you Gentiles who were far away from him, and peace to the Jews who were near. Now all of us can come to the Father through the same Holy Spirit because of what Christ has done for us.”

Ephesians 2:13, 17-18 NLT

What wonderful salvation what a glorious truth we who were once enemies of God can now be reconciled with our loving Heavenly Father, brought near to Him, and have peace with Him because our sins have been washed away through the precious blood of Jesus our Redeemer and Savior! Thank you Father that you so loved the World that you gave your only begotten Son that whosoever would believe in Him should not perish but have everlasting life!

God is Our Father:

“Our Father in Heaven” (Matt. 6:9)

The opening address of the Lord’s Prayer indicates to us what God is like. He is personal, He is intimate, He is our Father and His throne is in Heaven. In the Old Testament Father is mentioned only about fourteen times. We never find one of the O.T. saints personally address God directly as their Father or personally appropriate the Father by stating, “I am your son” or “I am your daughter”. Knowing and worshipping the Father is only possible to those to whom the Spirit of the Son is given- to those who are born again and adopted into the family of God through Jesus Christ. This is the new and living way mentioned in Heb. 10:20. It is a new way because the Old Testament saints never experienced it, it is a living way because we have Jesus Christ, God’s Son and the Holy Spirit living within us and revealing the Father to us. In the New Testament God is called Father two hundred and seventy-five times, one hundred and forty times in the Gospel of John alone.

In verse one of the Gospel of John we read that “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.” In this verse we see that the Divine Word, the eternal Son of God was with the Father before creation ever took place. Jesus enjoyed intimate fellowship with the Father from all eternity. In John 1:18 we read, “No man hath seen God but the only begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father He hath declared Him.” The Amplified Bible gives an alternative reading for “the bosom of the Father”- “Intimate presence of the Father”. The expression is also used in John 13:23 where we read: “Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved.” This indicates that the disciple leaning on Jesus’ bosom was enjoying intimate companionship and fellowship with Him. Jesus was not the Father but He was in the bosom of the Father and enjoying close fellowship with Him.

When Jesus came to Earth His main purpose was to redeem a lost humanity and bring them also into an intimate relationship with the Father. We see from verses of scripture like 1Peter 3:18 and John 14:6 that Jesus is the way but the Father is the destination. In Mark 14:36 Jesus said, “Abba Father,”… Abba is an Aramaic word which was the language spoken by the Jews during Jesus time. It is a small child’s way of saying “Papa”. Mark uses this intimate expression instead of using the Greek word, “Pater” for Father which is far less personal. The Jews of Jesus day would never have dreamed of addressing God in such an familiar way and were astounded when Jesus made such a claim of intimacy. In Romans 8:15 we read the following fantastic words showing that the same intimacy Jesus enjoyed with His Father, we also can enjoy .

“For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by Him we cry “Abba, Father.”

How marvelous to think that God is our Father and that we are His children, all because of what Jesus did for us when He suffered and died for us on cruel Calvary in order to reconcile us to God! When we pray let us not forget to affirm this by faith by thanking God for His wonderful love and grace that makes it possible for us to call God our Father, for making it possible for me to call God my Father!