Who's your Daddy?

A very popular phrase we use in today’s contemporary culture. However, I’m asking the question in a biblical context. Everyone who’s been born has or had a natural father. It’s also true that everyone has a spiritual father. And guess what? Everyone that’s ever lived and living now will spend eternity with your spiritual father.

You need to determine from the Bible who your father is for this will determine your eternal destiny.

Jesus told the religious leaders in John 8:44 that, “you are of your father the devil, and the lusts/desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own, for he is a liar and the father of lies.”

So we see here that the Pharisees and scribes did not recognize who Jesus was; that he was the Messiah come from heaven for they asked Him, “who is your Father?” (John 8:19a). Jesus replied to them saying, 

“You know neither me or my Father. If you had known Me, you would have known my Father also (John 8:19b).” Jesus was making a clear distinction between parentage. Their father (the devil) was not His Father.

This exchange is parallel to what Jesus said to Phillip in John 14:9b…”He who has seen me has seen the Father.”

Jesus declared in John 10:30 and John 17:22, “I and my Father are one.”

In John 15:23 said, “He who hates Me hates my Father also.” The religious leaders were blind and couldn’t see this fact. They were arguing with their creator, God manifested in the flesh. They treated him with contempt and ultimately condemned Jesus to death. They said He was of Satan, a drunk, a glutton, and a bastard (Matt 11:19; John 8:41, 48).  They were indeed what Jesus called them, a brood of vipers. He told them they were not of God and they were not his sheep (John 8:47; 10:25-26).

Jesus said they were actually headed for hell (Matt 23:15,33).

Jesus said his sheep hear his voice, He knows them and he provides them with eternal life (John 10:27-30).

Those who love Jesus obey Him, and the Father will  love him (the obedient servant [John 14:23]). This love speaks of relationship.

John 1:12 says, “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right (italics added for emphasis) to become children of God, to those who believe in His name.

The preceding verse describes a child of the living God, the God of the Heaven and earth.

Those that practice sin are of their father the devil (I John 3:8). Children of God sin, but do not practice sin as a way of life. They recognize their sin and confess it unto God so he can forgive (I John 1:9). Satan can not forgive sins for he is the chief of sinners. The most ruthless father who loves to hate his children.

In John 3:10 we read this, “In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest; Whosoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.

How you behave determines who your Father is.

The child of God is an overcomer (I John 5:4). This blessing is indicative of one being in Christ Jesus. The end of the child of the devil is the eternal Lake of Fire where the beast and false prophet are (Rev 19:20;20:10, 15).

On the other hand, those in Christ inherit everlasting life (Matt 1:21; John 3:16, 36; I John 4:12-16; 5:11,13,20).

The scripture is replete with this theme of those that are in Christ belonging to the Father. Jesus is the bridge that closes the gap between us and the Heavenly Father. Jesus provided the access so that when we pray, the Father hears us (I John 5:13).

So again I ask you the question, who’s your Daddy?