Two Fathers and A Choice.
How shocking it is to hear the words- My father is the Devil. First, let's clarify what it means to be a father. We use it for any man who has an offspring. That isn't the only way the term is used though. No one can be a father without having a child- either by biological means, adoptive, or figurative means. The term father is used in conjunction with a having a position over others. The motorcycle rider whose nickname is 'Father', why? Because he acts as a father would, or he has taken on the role of a moral guide, or maybe he is the opposite of what a father should be and given the name ironically. But why am I blathering on about this? Because if someone comes up to you and tells you their father is the Devil, we need to know what they mean by making that claim. For the sake of this particular message we are going to state right off the Devil in question is Satan, the fallen archangel, Lucifer, the Father of Lies, and whatever other names, of which there are many, you wish to include. The person making this claim is not stating that their human father is the Devil, they are claiming that the actual Devil is their spiritual, adopted father.
We know the Devil isn't producing offspring as humans produce offspring so when the claim is made that the Devil is their father they are really saying that they have chosen the Devil to be a leading authority figure in their lives. They are claiming to respect the Devil, to honor the Devil, to look up to the Devil, to love him.
I don't know about you but I've never met anyone who has outright made this claim. Yes, I know there are plenty out there who do make it, I've just never personally been face to face with such a person.
I have been face to face with those who claim God in Heaven to be their father. In fact, I'm one of those people. God in Heaven is my Heavenly Father. I do look up to my Heavenly Father, I respect Him, I honor Him, I love Him. My Heavenly Father is my creator. My Heavenly Father has an only begotten Son, Jesus Christ. I am the adopted daughter of my Heavenly Father.
What a lot of people don't seem to realize because they are wrapped up in their arrogance, is there are only two spiritual fathers we can choose from, only two and we all MUST choose one or the other. Deciding not to make a choice is a choice so there is no escaping having God as your Heavenly Father, or the Devil as your father. If you do not choose God to be your Heavenly Father, if you do not choose to be adopted by Him, then you belong to the Devil and whatever form he's taken on. It really that simple and a lot of people do not like that. They want to insert this clause and that clause, and this idea and the other idea but all their supposing is nothing more than an encouraged ploy by the Devil. All those who say they do not believe in any God, or any deity, but that they only believe in themselves, once again, they are choosing the Devil's side automatically because the Devil chose that side too when he embraced sin and abdicated his high position in God's kingdom in favor or wanting to be God himself. The Devil believed in himself and he loves when people choose to believe only in themselves. The Devil loves when people choose nature as their god, or some ancient cult worshipped god, a sun god, a moon goddess, an ethnic god of their choice, gods- plural and so on. Go ahead pick whatever god you want besides the Heavenly Father and the Devil will be very pleased.
Jesus said the following words to the religious- the outwardly God fearing people. He didn't point at a demon possessed man, or an outcast sinner, and say the following. When you read this just KNOW that Jesus was speaking to those who professed to belong to God.
Joh 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father 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.
Jesus spoke and said, "You are of your father…" Do you understand this? Jesus is telling the people they are of their FATHER. Jesus continued and named their father. "You are of your father the DEVIL."
Jesus didn't stop there. "..and the lusts of your father(the Devil) you will do. The Devil was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own for he is a liar and the father of it."
There is NO TRUTH in the devil. Any seeming truth the Devil may spout is twisted in his perverted ways. He may appear to speak truth, but his reason for it appearing that way is to deceive. The Devil is the father of LIES.
Your Spiritual Father is either God or the Devil, and make no mistake you have a spiritual father. One of the spiritual Fathers speaks only TRUTH, the other -LIES.
Jesus knows who our father is- there is no hiding from Him the choice we make daily, hourly, minutely. Jesus taught us to pray-
OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN.
And just as the supposed God-fearing who Jesus was talking to, there are many who pray this prayer but are far from having God as their Father. If we choose ANY deception over truth we belong to the Devil no matter what our mouths profess, or self-deception is taking place. If we choose to purposefully NOT seek out truth, the Devil is our father. Truth! We must ABIDE IN TRUTH, we must LIVE IN TRUTH constant truth! We must never grow tired of learning and allowing God to open our understanding, never. Those Jesus said were of the Devil thought they had all the truth they'd ever need too. They clutched the truth they had tight to their chests and refused anything else!
We know there is unfolding truth, prophecies yet to be fulfilled. If our minds and hearts are shut off to advancing truth then we are not making our abode with God the Father, but rather with the Devil.
TRUTH. Let us LEARN more and more of our Savior. Jesus tells us to LEARN of HIM!
Learn right now- JESUS IS THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE.
Joh_14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Let us LEARN truth!
There are two fathers, and you have a choice. The Father of Truth, or the Father of Lies? Choose.
All through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior now and forever! Amen!
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