God Is Your Father And He Will Always Love You

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God will always love you; that means no matter what, that means continue to work hard to follow Him. Remember the story of the prodigal son. It’s a great parable, it tells of a boy who who said–who said, “I want my inheritance now, give it to me, I don’t want to wait till you die.”

Very selfish kid, and so this boy ran off with all this wealth. And had a great time going into brothels and bars and strip clubs and different places like that, experiencing the world, visiting the popular destinations, living life, living his best life.

He ran out of money, squandered it all, and later he returned, and the father was so happy he threw him a party. Interesting, let’s– let’s read these verses, Luke 15:11-32.

Jesus continued, “There was a man who had two sons; the younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had and set off for a distant country, and there squandered all his wealth in wild living.

“After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death. I will set out and go back to my father, and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.”

“So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him. He ran to his son, threw his arms around him, and kissed him. The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick, bring the best robe and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet; bring the fattened calf and kill it, let’s have a feast and celebrate for this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’So they began to celebrate.

“Meanwhile, the older son was in the field when he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing. So, he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. ‘Your brother has come,’ he replied, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.’

“The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him, but he answered to his father ‘Look, all these years I have been slaving for you, and never disobeyed your orders; yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

‘But when this son of yours, who has squandered your property with prostitutes, has come home, you killed the fattened calf for him.’ ‘My son,’ the father says, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead, and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”

Now, you may say, “This is a tough parable.” And it is, for those who do not have the mind of Christ, who have not renewed their minds. They don’t understand this because most of you would probably identify with that second son who says,

“What are you talking about? This guy ran away, and squandered everything, and he came back, and now you’re giving him all this stuff, but the one who slaves and works away doesn’t get anything.”

That’s incorrect; the one who stayed had everything. It’s like when people say, “I found God.” God was never lost. What does this say? It doesn’t say that the son who came back found his father again.

No, twice it says, “This son was lost and now is found; he was dead and now is alive.” So, when you were out there, and you say, “Oh, I found God.” God was never lost. He was always right there; you just finally became found. You finally sought him.

So, in this parable, the son who ran away represents you and me and all humans on earth. Because we are fallen, the father represents God, our heavenly Father. God is a great heavenly Father to us. Let’s go to Galatians.

Galatians 4:6, “Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out ‘Abba! Father!” All right, a few things right here. The son who ran away, like I said, that represents you and me and everyone on Earth. The son who stayed represents you and me and everyone on earth once we become a Christian.

And so then, when that happens, we are in the Kingdom; we are in the Body of Christ. And you might say, “I don’t have a lot of rewards, and I don’t understand why these sinners like the Pharisees, remember – they– why is Jesus with all these sinners? Why is he not with us? We have been trying to keep the commandments, we have been doing good.”

But they were pompous and pious, be not a Pharisee. We have a sermon on that. And so when this happens, you-you have to be reminded all the time, that what God has is yours. And when you live in the Will of God and in the Kingdom, “God is willing and able,” the Bible says, to “provide for your every need.”

Not only is he willing and able, but he also has the ability. You see, there–there is a–a difference. If you are a parent or–or if you’re not, you can identify with this. But think about if your child came to you and said, “Dad,” because remember, what does Galatians say? Christ has put the Spirit in us.

The Spirit that crawls–calls out, “Abba! Father!” This is like “Daddy,” like just the – the most sincere love from a child. So think about this, if you are a parent or– or if you go to your parent, a loving father, one that you can comfortably call “Daddy” with love, and sincerity and respect.

The best father of all. God the Father, who knows how to give good gifts to his children, the Bible says. So think about this situation, you go to your father and say, “Daddy, I know you are very wealthy. I need $1,000, but I don’t know if you’re willing to give it to me.” Really? Or what about the other situation?

Going to your father and saying, “Daddy, I know you’re willing to give me $1,000, but I don’t know if you have it.” You see, in those two situations, those are both earthly, but think about how that would hurt the father’s heart.

If you are a father, and your son or daughter comes to you and says, “Daddy, I don’t know if you would be willing to give me this.” Now, let’s–let’s presume that when you’re asking it’s for a legitimate reason.

But in this case of the parable, it was because he wanted to go out and live life. So think about that, though, if your son or daughter said, “I don’t know if you are willing to give this to me.” That would hurt because as a parent, you are willing, and that’s God for us. He’s always willing to take care of you.

But now think, okay, “I know you’re willing, but I don’t know if you have the ability.” That, hopefully is more likely of a situation in your case or in our case with our kids or our children or in our lives. Because our hearts should always be willing to take care of our children.

And they need to know that – that we love them. You see, we know that the father loves us; see what love the father has for us that we are to be called children of God. When you become a Christian, you are now a child of God; you are a son striving to be a son.

As Galatians says, “sons of God,” he has put his Spirit within us, that we cry out, “Daddy, Father.” So we know he’s willing, and also we know he’s able, of course, he’s able. The Bible says, “He has – the cattle on a thousand hills are his.”

In addition, there’s another Psalm that says, “If I were hungry I would not tell you, I have no need for a goat from your pen or–or a lamb from your stalls.” Because what, he has everything.

We gave an example one time that, if God was hungry, he would not tell you – yes, so, if he came to your house and knocked on your door, he wouldn’t say, “Hey, I’m – I’m hungry.” No, he’d say – he’d – he probably wouldn’t even knock.

He’d open the door he’d come in, because guess what, it’s his house anyway. He’d go right to the refrigerator, open it up, and fix himself a sandwich. Because it’s all his anyway. He wouldn’t tell you, he wouldn’t ask you, because it’s his.

Everything is his, so we know that God is both willing and able. So when you ask, of course, you should never ask, “If you’re willing to help me.” Because he’s willing and “If you’re able”, he’s able. Our heavenly Father is so loving, and God will always love you.

The point of this parable is to remind you that no matter what you have done, or what anyone has done, God will always take you back. Exactly like this father in the parable of the lost son, because it’s not God who is lost, it’s the children who are lost, who get led astray or who leave.

The Bible also says, “No one can snatch us from his hand.” But there’s another point that I want to make in this parable, and then we’re going to move on because this parable you could have 10 sermons on it.

The son who stayed, it said he was angry that “Hey, father, you wouldn’t even give me a goat to celebrate with my friends, yet now this other son who squandered half of the estate comes back, and you kill the fattened calf?”

That would be like, if your favorite thing is expensive food, like whatever, crab legs and lobster and sushi and uh brisket and uh wagyu beef and tenderloin steaks, you know, the very choice meat, and you say, “Father, can I have some skirt steaks or flank steaks, the cheap cuts, for my friends to come over?” And he said, “No, no.”

But when this other son squanders half, he gets the premium stuff. Of course, he’d be mad, of course, the other son would be mad, but the father gives a valuable lesson and says, “You have been here with me, everything I have is yours, it’s yours because you are a son and an heir.”

So it’s time for us to think like that, to renew our minds to have that mind of Christ, to know that everything that God has is ours. He has no need of anything from us because it’s all his anyway; we are simply taking care of it, being good stewards. We have a sermon on that.

Be a good steward, so we have to remember that we don’t need to be discouraged, like if we see somebody else receiving blessings, or we see someone else is successful in their job or their profession, and you want that success.

You see someone else driving a nice car, and you want that, don’t covet it, don’t want that, just know all of this is God’s. Which means all of it is yours and start living in that, live in that promise.

Have that faith that, God everything I need, you are providing for me because I am a son, I am an heir, I am a brother of Jesus Christ.” And you say, “I’m a girl.” You are still called to be a son.

Because a son has the inheritance nowadays, we – we don’t quite understand this, because nowadays sons and daughters are equal. Children are equal. Which is good, we are all equal.

The Bible says, “There is no slave, there is no free, no Jew, no Gentile, no male, no female, we are all one in Christ Jesus. We are all called to be sons of God.”

And so today, we are starting to live up to those standards in equality. But when this was written, we are all called to be sons, which is equal, so yes, you are a daughter.

If you are a female, yes, you are a daughter, but you are still a son of God. Meaning you have the inheritance. Live in it. You are a child of God.

So no matter what you have done, God will always love you. God will always take you back. Let’s go to Acts.

Acts 3:19, “Repent then and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.” No matter what you have done, what do you need to do? Repent and turn to God. He is your Father. He loves you.

Let’s go to 1 Corinthians 8:6, “Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live, and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things come and through whom we live.”

Do you understand this? All things come from the Father, and we live for the Father. Jesus Christ is the Lord, and it is through Him that we live, and through Him all things come.

So, all things come in Jesus’ name, we do all things in Jesus’ name, we are representatives of Christ, we are sons, as Jesus is the Son of the Father.

We share in that inheritance. We are grafted into the faith as the Bible says, remember that and take heart in that, that God is the father and from him comes everything, and it is through Jesus that we receive it.

Ask yourself this: “If you are a parent and your child ran off and squandered all of their wealth and came running back to you, would you take your child back?” You would if you love them. In the same way, God our Father loves you and will always take you back.

Let’s go to Matthew. Matthew 7:11 “If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask Him.”

You see, God is both willing and able to give you good gifts. He may not give you a bunch of wealth so you can go squander it, but He will give you good gifts if you ask Him.

We have sermons on that. He loves you. God will always love you. He will always take you back, no matter what.

Let’s go to Romans 8:35-39, “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble, or hardship, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, ‘For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered sheep to be slaughtered.’

“No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, neither angels, nor demons, neither the present, nor the future, nor any powers, neither height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Nothing can separate you from the love of God. You can be like the–the lost son, who-who leaves and becomes lost, and you separate yourself, and you are out there longing to fill your belly with pig slop.

Think how desperate that is, and finally, the son comes to his senses and says, “What am I doing? I need to go back to my father.” Repent, then turn and go back, and what happens, the father welcomes him with loving and open arms.

You see, it’s not God that is lost and needs to be found; it is people. And nothing can separate us from God’s love; it is people who separate themselves. So if you feel separated, if you feel away from God, repent and turn and come back to Him.

He is waiting there, welcoming you with loving arms. God al–will always love you, no matter what. He will always accept you if you repent and turn to Him. We have a-a playlist, a sermon series on forgiveness, that’ll be very beneficial for you to check out if you are seeking that.

But also, use this knowledge to tell others that, no matter what they have done, God is their father and He loves them and wants to have a relationship with them. Now, does this mean God will always accept you no matter what?

As in, “Well, I can be living in a life of sin, and God will accept that?” No, unacceptable. God wants you to repent, and turn to Him, and follow His ways, and live up to the branding that He has given you.

The Christ, being a Christian, being an ambassador, a representative of Christ, wearing the uniform of a Christian, living up to the standard of Jesus Christ. God wants to be in a personal relationship with anyone who is lost.

Revelation 3:20 says, “Here I am, I stand at the door and knock, if anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come in and eat with that person and they with me.” All they have to do is ask, repent, turn from their ways.

Seek God, because God will always love you. Let’s pray. Father, thank you so much for this great time together and this reminder that God will always love us. That you will always love us, Father, that we are your sons, that we are your children.

When we believe in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we become a child of God, an heir to the throne, A co-heir with Jesus. Father, help us live up to that. Inspire us to live up to that, motivate us, and push us. Give us a desire for your word, a burning desire.

And help each and every person watching and listening to remember that you are both willing and able. That you are our loving Father. No matter what, that we can seek you, help each and every person to live in the faith that everything is yours.

And because they are your child, they are an heir, and they will receive good gifts from you when they ask in Jesus’ name. Amen. Thank you so much for being with us today. This is a big step for a lot of people.

Take it, know that God is your loving father, and that He will provide everything you need. He is both willing and able. God will always love you. Have a great week, and God bless.