Here's some notes I took from an excellent sermon by DeVern Fromke titled [url=https://www.sermonindex.net/modules/mydownloads/visit.php?lid=1655]David - The Father
Please give it a listen.
And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.
(1Ch 28:20)
Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God. Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
(1Ch 29:1-2)
Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy. Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
(1Ch 29:9-13)
God the Father brings together a house unified.
There are many different starting points(touchstones) in religion today.
Some start with God's sovereignty as a touchstone (Calvin) This developed into a whole system.
Some start with God's morality as a touchstone (Armenius) This also developed into a whole system.
There are many other touchstones in religion. God is power, God is spirit, God is love and God is just, all becoming touchstones. These roots become overshadowing. This is religion based on humanism, with man at the center. There are some good things in each of them, but there must be a balance of them all, with God at the center. These touchstones, these things, are just different facets of the same diamond. There is one thing that brings all these other things together and gives them meaning.
What do we have in God that is different than these touchstones? The proper touchstone that will hold us in balance is that God is a Father. This brings significance and relatedness to all the facets.
God has dealt with us through His only created son(Adam) and His only begotten Son Jesus Christ. All relates to Him as a Father.
