November 30 2025

Sunday November 30

“One God and Father of All”

Ephesians 4:4-6

4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

Today we are continuing to look at Ephesians 4:4-6, where we're talking about the basis of our unity, the doctrine of our unity, the ground of our unity, that we should experience in the body of Christ, His Church. In the first three verses, we looked at the grace of our unity which is humility and longsuffering and kindness and gentleness. That exist where believers are filled and controlled by the Holy Spirit of God, that leads to unity in the church.

Oh my friend, often we ought to read John 17 where Jesus prayed that they might be one even as we are one as the Father and Jesus are one. In the Gospel of John, Jesus used the word “Father” 126 times when He spoke of His relationship with God. The last of the seven spiritual realities that Paul speaks of, that is the ground of our unity, is “one God and Father of all who is above all and through all and in you all” (v. 6).

Now interesting Paul basically said the same thing to the church at  Corinth in 1 Corinthians 8:5-6: “For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords), yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live”. Paul often used this word Father when he referred to God. (Over 46 times in his epistles). Many times, Paul said, “God the Father”. He also said, “God and Father”. Then Paul would often say “God our Father”. Isn't that beautiful?

“God our Father”. That the God of the universe, the God who created all things. In a sense, the Father of everything that is in this world came and emanated from our Creator God. Yet, that truth doesn't make every one of us today one of His children. Because, as you know, we're told in Ephesians 2, that we are born “children of wrath, children of disobedience”. That means we are under the control of our old nature, of Satan himself in a sense. We are alienated in our minds our by our wicked works against a holy God (Colossians 1:21).

But God loves us so much (John 3:16). He wants us to be in His family. That's why John 1:12 says, "But as many as receive Him, to them He gives the power, the authority to become the children of God." Then in the book of 1 John 3:1-2, John again reminds us of this awesome relationship we can have with God with these words: “Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! … Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is”. Wow! What love and what a great promise!!!! This is the truth of the spiritual reality that anyone, anywhere, can experience when they believe and trust the Lord Jesus Christ to be their personal Lord and Savior!

Paul in Romans 8:14-17, puts it this way: “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father." The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ…” 

In our despair and pain we can “cry Abba Father, dear Father, daddy Father”. We are close to Him. He is a Father who cares for us, who loves us, who draws us near to His bosom, who holds us close. “He is Father of mercies and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation…” (2 Corinthians 1:3-4). Oh, what an awesome Father God that you and I have who cares for us so deeply that He would send His Son, His only Son. He's the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ in the trinity. He is Father of us as we trust Him to be our Lord and Savior. Oh my friend, you can call Him, “my Father”. The Lord's prayer teaches us to pray “Our Father who art in heaven”. Why? Because again it's speaking of the unity of believers.

So, in these seven spiritual realities that Paul points out, we have the purity of our doctrine. “One body, one Spirit, …one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God and Father of all”. Oh my friend, that's who we need to worship. The true, the living God, the God who sent His Son, Jesus Christ. Be encouraged today if you're a believer. Despite what else is happening around you, what's going on that might be bad or tragic in your life, God can be your Father today. He loves you. He cares for you. He yearns for you to come to Him with all your needs, with all your hurts, with all your pain. He's ready to heal them through His Holy Spirit and through the blood of Jesus Christ He will cleanse you from all unrighteousness. Would you come to Him today? He's waiting for you just as the father waited for the prodigal son there in Luke 15.

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God bless!