“Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”” John 20:17 (ESV)
After Jesus died while hanging on the cross, He was buried and then rose from the grave. Encountering Mary outside the empty tomb He gives her this message to her to deliver to the disciples. Consider the way Jesus refers to God. He says “My Father and your Father.” He says this because He wanted His followers to know and fully understand that God in heaven was their Father just as He was His own Father. They were brothers and sisters to Jesus and He calls them that. God is also our Father for these words are for us as well. Yes, our Almighty God is Jesus' Father and He is our Father because when we trust, and receive Jesus with faith believing that He died for us and then He rose from the grave with a new life, He made it possible for us to receive a new nature and to be adopted as legal heirs with God as our Father. This is the act of being born again as a child of God by the power and authority of God our Father. Today, this promise might be on our thoughts more than usual, and we might trust Him to help us live accordingly with God our Father guiding our way.
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