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Understanding why we receive the gifts that God gives us has always been a perplexing challenge for me. We being sinners, fallen, and undeserving are not worthy of such attention, and yet He loves us and provides for us. In this quandary we look to scripture and it speaks to us in terms we can understand... He is our Father which art in heaven.
As Christians we talk a great deal about Jesus abiding in us, and we in Him, but do we contemplate this as much as we should? God gave us more than just the man Jesus, but the Spirit of Jesus as well. He does this because we are His Sons, His children, and He desires for us to be just like Jesus. We are meant to do more than respectfully call Him our God, no, He wants us to call Him Father, and He wants us to recognize Him as being more than just our physical sire, so we are told to call Him by the pet name that a loving child would use… Abba, or in other words Papa, or Daddy. God views our adoption as much more than a formality… He is our very personal, good, and loving Father… just as He is to Jesus.