What Does it Mean to Be Loved by a Father?

  [368 words] What does it mean to be loved by a father? Let the apostle John answer. “Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God!” (1 John 3:1 NKJV). “Behold” See, behold, and understand. God wants us to understand how he loves us. He wants us to see all the ways God has shown his love toward us. God created man to be like him by giving him an immortal soul. God wanted us to be like him, but Genesis chapter three demonstrates just how unlike our father mankind has become. “What manner of love” When man chose sin and death, God refused to let his creation perish. God sent his son to take men from darkness, hatred and death and bring them to light, love and life. The apostle Paul wrote, “But, God has demonstrated his own…