Is God father to all?

According to Marianne Thompson, in the Old Testament, God is called "Father" with a unique sense of familiarity. In addition to the sense in which God is "Father" to all men because he created the world (and in that sense "fathered" the world), the same God is also uniquely the law-giver to his chosen people.
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Who is God over all?

Christ is God Over All: Romans 9:5 in the context of Romans 9-11 (The Library of New Testament Studies) Hardcover – October 17, 2013.
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What defines God the Father?

God the Father is the Supreme Being in whom we believe, whom we worship, and to whom we pray. He is the ultimate Creator, Ruler, and Preserver of all things. He is perfect, has all power, and knows all things. He “has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man's” (Doctrine and Covenants 130:22).
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Who is God the Father according to the Bible?

God the Father is the first Person of the Trinity, which also includes his Son, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. Christians believe there is one God who exists in three Persons. This mystery of the faith cannot be fully understood by the human mind but is a key doctrine of Christianity.
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When did God become a father?

The Fatherhood of God in Exodus (4:22-23)

The first passage where God presents himself as the father of Israel is Exodus 4:22-23. It happens after God calls Moses and commissions him to deliver the Israelite people.
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Who is the real God?

God is described in the Quran as: "He is Allah, the One and Only; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He begetteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him." Muslims repudiate the Christian doctrine of the Trinity and the divinity of Jesus, comparing it to polytheism.
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What is God's wife's name?

God had a wife, Asherah, whom the Book of Kings suggests was worshiped alongside Yahweh in his temple in Israel, according to an Oxford scholar. God had a wife, Asherah, whom the Book of Kings suggests was worshipped alongside Yahweh in his temple in Israel, according to an Oxford scholar.
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Who is God's mother?

The Eastern and Oriental Orthodox, Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran churches believe that Mary, as mother of Jesus, is the Theotokos (Mother of God; Θεοτόκος).
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Who Is Jesus real father?

Summary of Jesus' life

He was born to Joseph and Mary sometime between 6 bce and shortly before the death of Herod the Great (Matthew 2; Luke 1:5) in 4 bce. According to Matthew and Luke, however, Joseph was only legally his father.
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Who created the world?

Genesis creation narrative

The Bible begins with the Book of Genesis, in which God creates the Earth, the rest of the Universe, and the Earth's plants and animals, including the first humans, in six days.
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Why is God referred to as he?

However, Classical western philosophy states that God should be referred to (in most contexts) as masculine by analogy; the reason being God's relationship with the world as begetter of the world and revelation (i.e. analogous to an active instead of receptive role in sexual intercourse).
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How do we find God in all things?

"By approaching all situations in life with the purest of intentions, we truly allow ourselves to seek and find God in all things."
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Is Jesus Lord of all?

Zwemer makes a sobering statement about the lordship of Jesus Christ: "Unless Jesus is Lord of all, He is not Lord at all." 2 This is a challenge to all Christians to bring every area of our lives under the sovereign rule of Jesus Christ. In our lives there should be no rivalry for His throne.
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Who is above all and in all?

Ephesians 4 1

one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. This is why it says: "When he ascended on high, he led captives in his train and gave gifts to men."
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Did Jesus have a wife?

"Christian tradition has long held that Jesus was not married, even though no reliable historical evidence exists to support that claim," King said in a press release.
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Who Wrote the Bible?

Even after nearly 2,000 years of its existence, and centuries of investigation by biblical scholars, we still don't know with certainty who wrote its various texts, when they were written or under what circumstances.
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Who Is Jesus real name?

Jesus' name in Hebrew was “Yeshua” which translates to English as Joshua.
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Who is God's first angel?

Therefore, the first creation by God was the supreme archangel followed by other archangels, who are identified with lower Intellects.
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Who is God's Brother?

Saint James, also called James, The Lord's Brother, (died ad 62, Jerusalem; Western feast day May 3), a Christian apostle, according to St.
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Who is God's Favourite son?

Satan is the father of lies, but Lucifer is and always will be God's beloved son. Satan began to question himself and the evil that he had always be doing when he met a child who challenged him to repent from his wickedness.
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Does God forgive all sins?

All sins shall be forgiven, except the sin against the Holy Ghost; for Jesus will save all except the sons of perdition. What must a man do to commit the unpardonable sin? He must receive the Holy Ghost, have the heavens opened unto him, and know God, and then sin against him.
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Who is Satan's wife?

Lilith is a powerful sorceress in the Madō Monogatari series, where she was the wife of Satan until she lost her physical body when using the artifact known as Seraphim Orb to create the Madou World, of which she is now the guardian. She is also very similar to the protagonist Arle.
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Who was Jesus's daughter?

Some wish the ceremony that celebrated the beginning of the alleged marriage of Jesus and Mary Magdalene to be viewed as a "holy wedding"; and Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and their alleged daughter, Sarah, to be viewed as a "holy family", in order to question traditional gender roles and family values.
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