Discipleship Training Course

DTC- DISCIPLESHIP TRAINING COURSE
However if you reject the way of the cross, you are lead away by
the devil into all forms of lusts and pleasures that are designed to
distract you from the Father.
Being aware of the distinct role that each Person of the Godhead
has in our salvation can especially serve to give us greater comfort
and appreciation for God in our prayers, as well as helping us to
be specific in directing our prayers. Nonetheless, while recognizing
the distinct roles that each Person has, we should never think of
their roles as so separate that the other Persons are not involved.
We need to know that God is fully involved in our lives, Father, Son
and Holy Spirit.
When it comes to the Father, many of us cannot relate well with
Him as a result of a weak or no example of fatherhood through our
earthly fathers. But this is why Christ came. In His eternal sonship He
obeyed His Father and died on the cross the most painful death in
order to heal the hearts of mankind and to reestablish a true
relationship between the Father and us.
Relating to the Father we need to extinguish a lie that the Father is
sitting on His throne in heaven with a lightning bolt, just waiting to
strike us when we put a foot wrong. When God exercises His wrath
for any reason He sees fit, it is in complete unity with the Son and
the Holy Spirit. With that said, we can have the same confidence
coming to the Father as we would to Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
It is for us to simply come before Him and trust beyond our earthly
father experiences that He will lift us up and never drop us, or
leave us vulnerable. In fact quite the contrary, both Jesus and the
Holy Spirit lead us to the Father. Why? For us to be confused, and
afraid? No. On the contrary, it is surely the safest most amazing
and fulfilling place to be. In the Fathers arms.
And that is one of the reasons why the enemy works so hard to
distort our view of the Father, because he knows if we are secure
in God the Father, we will carry His character and authority with
confidence as sons and not as orphans.
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