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Discipleship Focus: Father, King
- Father: God is the Father. He is the creator. He is love. Our relationship with the Father is rooted in His love for us.
- King: This is the pinnacle of the Kingdom Triangle. When we look towards God’s position in the universe, we acknowledge that He is king. Authority comes from Him. Power comes through His authority. He is looking for representatives for His kingdom.
In this
chapter, we hear that God is the alpha and the omega. Another way of thinking about alpha and omega
is beginning and end. A different way of
thinking of this is source and goal. God
is the source of life and the goal of life.
This
brings us to the concept of Father. God
is the creator. He is the source. Specifically, He is the source of our
identity. Out of our identity comes our
obedience. Because God is the alpha, we
can know who we are and what He desires for us to do. We only have to respond.
We can do
this same thinking with the idea of omega.
God is our goal. He is the
king. Because He is the king, He grants
us authority. He gives us the power to
accomplish His goal.
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