The Attributes of God: The Fatherhood of God, Part 1

Gap-fill exercise

  
Fill in all the gaps from the choices in the drop-down list.
Press "Check" (at the bottom of the page) to check your answers and know your score.
2. In That . “There is . . . , who is above all, and through all, and in you all” ().

We cannot emphasize too strongly the fact that . He is only the Father of born-again children of God. All men are the creatures of God, but . Man is a creature of God by ; he becomes a child by : “Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord . . . whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the , having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust” ().

There can be apart from the . A child has, always, the nature of his father. Man, who is born of Adam, has Adam’s nature, which is , which is , which is . And the father of Adam’s sinful nature is Satan. Thus, the nature of our father (Adam) is the same nature as Adam’s father’s (Satan); therefore, . All have Satan as their father: “Ye , and ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it” (). Summing it all up, if Satan is the father of the unsaved by the natural birth, we must have a supernatural birth in order for God to be our Father!

God does not have any fellowship with anything which is of Adam, for Adam is all that is of . God only has to do with His Son. The world is divided into two divisions; in fact, there are only two men whom God recognizes: ; thus, sinners are divided as to their with these two men. The unsaved are identified with Adam; the saved are identified with Christ. All men are identified by the ; born-again men are identified by the .

The unsaved man can only call The unsaved man cannot call Only the child of God can call God “Father.” When the Lord Jesus was hanging on the tree, He called out, “My God, my God, why hast


Exercises created by Atty. Gerry T. Galacio. You can freely use these exercises, but you must not upload them to any website or the cloud. For comments, questions, corrections, or suggestions, email gtgalacio@yahoo.com

 

Exercises created with freeware Hot Potatoes v. 6.3 from the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada.

 

Baptist Distinctives, free online Bible Institute for Asia, Africa, and Latin America

 

Baptist Churches in the Philippines (directory of churches and discussions of issues relevant to local Baptist churches)

 

Family Matters (complete text of the Family Code of the Philippines; frequently asked questions; relevant laws like RA 9262; legal procedures and Rules of Court)

 

Legal Updates (in-depth discussions of issues affecting the Filipino family, legal procedures, support, inheritance, etc.): Plain Language / Plain English for government offices, private companies, schools, and organizations; Clear, concise English for effective legal writing; Legal procedures in civil and criminal cases; Heirs and inheritances

Better English resources and exercises (free resources on grammar, pronunciation, spelling, writing, vocabulary, idioms, reading comprehension, public speaking, etc.)

 

Plain English, Plain Language, or Clear Writing for journalism, law, business, science, technical, academic and general writing (840-plus free interactive exercises)

 

Be a better writer or editor through StyleWriter 4: this software checks 10,000 words in 12 seconds for hundreds of style and English usage issues like wordy and complex sentences, passive voice, nominalization, jargon, clichés, readability, spelling, etc. StyleWriter 4 has a graded 200,000 word and phrase dictionary, covering most of the words you will ever use in writing.

 

StyleWriter 4 is widely used in the US federal government (for example, Environmental Protection Agency). It is used in banks, law offices, and by professionals from various fields. It is fully customizable and comes with three versions: USA, UK, and Australian. StyleWriter 4 can edit memos, articles, essays, business letters, speeches, thesis, dissertations, books (fiction or non-fiction), and all kinds of corporate communications.