What a touching song this is. The love of a good father is a precious gift to children.

The British band Badfinger recorded this song in 1974 but it's still relevant today.

Listen to this song here.

I feel sad for folks who had cruel or absentee fathers. Because of this lack in their lives, they figure God must be like that too. Consequently, they reject him and his beloved son. What joy and bliss these folks miss when they do that.

Scripture has much to say about God being a father to his people. For example, Psalms 68:5 (BBE) calls him, "A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place."

Another verse which tells of God's fatherly love is Psalms 103:13 (BBE) which reads, "As a father has pity on his children, so the Lord has pity on his worshippers."

And because our heavenly Father doesn't want us to turn into spoiled brats, he punishes us when we rebel. Proverbs 3:12 (BBE) reminds us, "For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain."

Though the Lord punishes his adopted children, he isn't a sadist as some atheists think. Luke 11:11-13 (BBE) is Christ's parable about us praying for material needs. "And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to his son, who makes request for bread? or for a fish, will give him a snake? Or for an egg, will give him a scorpion?" If, then, you who are evil are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who make request to him?"

Certain people think God is a child abuser but they forget John 3:16 (BBE) which is Christ's mission statement. "For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life."

If our Lord doesn't come by Monday, I hope to post about Christians who hate folks who say that tongues and miracles ended in the first century.

The Female God Error

Another heretical teaching by those who doubtless have never read their Bibles is the idea that God is female. Even a cursory reading of Holy Scripture disproves this notion.

So why is God portrayed as male? After all, Jesus said to the Samaritan woman in John 4:24 (BBE) that, "God is Spirit: then let his worshippers give him worship in the true way of the spirit."

God is portrayed as a loving father because that's what we can most easily relate to. As Psalms 68:5 (BBE) says, "A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place."

Jesus often called God his father. When people followed him for the free food he provided them, he said in John 6:27 (BBE) that they should, "Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark."

Paul also amplified this concept in 1 Corinthians 8:6 (BBE) that, "There is for us only one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we are for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we have our being through him."

Peter was an eyewitness to God calling Jesus his son. We read in 2 Peter 1:17 (BBE), "For God the Father gave him honour and glory, when such a voice came to him out of the great glory, saying, 'This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.'"

Even correction is an attribute of fathers, though mothers also correct their children. Psalms 103:13 (BBE) states, "As a father has pity on his children, so the Lord has pity on his worshippers."

How wonderful it is that God isn't some distant figure but he's the ultimate father figure. I'll point this out in my next book called You Think You're Going to Heaven? So many people miss this or can't understand this wonderful truth.

On Saturday, I'll feature a song about most everybody's favourite season.