Why Call Him God The Father? A Tribute To Fatherhood

This week on the Cosmic Citizen we ask, why do we call God Father? What is it about the nature and character of God that makes the name Father a more accurate way to describe him? for that matter, why use gender based language to describe God at all?

The first sentence of The Urantia Book says, "THE Universal Father is the God of all creation, the First Source and Center of all things and beings. First think of God as a creator, then as a controller, and lastly as an infinite upholder. The truth about the Universal Father had begun to dawn upon mankind when the prophet said: "You, God, are alone; there is none beside you." 

The last sentence of The Urantia Book says, "The Father is living love, and this life of the Father is in his Sons. And the spirit of the Father is in his Sons' sons—mortal men. When all is said and done, the Father idea is still the highest human concept of God."

In between these two sentences, the word Father is mentioned 2127 times, Universal Father is mentioned 500 times, Heavenly Father offered 70 times, God the Father shows up 62 times and Our Father 40 times. The authors of The Urantia Book really want us to take in this idea of God as our Father, buy why?

One of the authors of the book touchingly says this, "I naturally love one who is so powerful in creation and in the control thereof, and yet who is so perfect in goodness and so faithful in the loving-kindness which constantly overshadows us. I think I would love God just as much if he were not so great and powerful, as long as he is so good and merciful. We all love the Father more because of his nature than in recognition of his amazing attributes.

Join us as we present our ideas on God as a Father and we invite you to call in with yours. This show is all about Father. Please join us!