I will lead them beside streams of water on a level path where they will not stumble, because I am Israel’s father, and Ephraim is my firstborn son” ( Jeremiah 31:9). “They will come with weeping they will pray as I bring them back. Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever ( 1 Chronicles 29:10).ĭoubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer thy name is from everlasting ( Isaiah 63:16).īut now, O LORD, thou art our father we are the clay, and thou our potter and we all are the work of thy hand ( Isaiah 64:8). He will call out to me, “You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior” ( Psalms 89:26). Some were in a disciplinary way, but others were carrying the heart of Abba Father that Jesus came to reveal. However, to his chosen people, the children of Israel, he revealed himself as father many times. In the Old Testament, God is frequently referred to as the LORD. One of the things Jesus came to reveal was the father is - Abba Father. It seems redundant that Jesus says father twice but there’s a reason. Yet not what I want but what you want” ( Mark 14:36, ISV).īoth Abba and Pater mean father as seen in this translation of the same verse.Īnd he said, “Father, my Father, you can do everything let this cup pass from me, yet not my own will, but yours.” He kept repeating, “Abba! Father! All things are possible for you. Jesus is the one who gives us the term for the first time. In the original language, the term Abba Father is Abba Pater. Yet not what I will, but what you will.” ~ Mark 14:36 The Term "Abba Father"
Abba Father Bible Versesįor you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “ Abba! Father!”~ Romans 8:15Īnd because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “ Abba! Father!” ~ Galatians 4:6Īnd he said, “ Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. We’ll look at the term Abba Father, where the concept is found in the Old Testament, and what it means that God is our Abba Father today. This has led many to believe that God as our Abba Father is only a New Testament concept. All three mentions are in the New Testament. The term Abba Father is found in the Bible only three times.
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