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What is hypocritical about this statement: "I always call God - Father."?

Update:

The very fact that this person uses the term 'God' in his statement 'proves' he doesn't always call God - "Father".

In this statement he uses both the name 'God' and the title 'Father'.

This very statement proves his statement to be false, making it hypocritical.

Update 2:

I never said it was wrong to call our God, "Father", because it denotes a very close and personal relationship.

I also agree, in the scriptures, we are told to address him as such.

But in many of the verses you all have quoted, the inspired writers used the terms 'God' and 'Father'

In one person's statement they also addressed him as 'Creator' and not 'just' Father.

It is the statement 'I always' which makes the original statement false.

All of us address God, by his many titles.

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    3 weeks ago

    "The very fact that this person uses the term 'God' in his statement 'proves' he doesn't always call God - "Father"."  You're using semantics to prove a point, Tee, and very poorly at that.

  • Paul
    Lv 7
    1 month ago

    Nothing hypocritical about it. It is a statement of objective truth. God has revealed Himself to us in the image of "Father".

  • TeeM
    Lv 7
    1 month ago

    The very fact that this person uses the term 'God' in his statement 'proves' he doesn't always call God - "Father".

    In this statement he uses both the name 'God' and the title 'Father'.

    This very statement proves his statement to be false, making it hypocritical.

    Is it wrong to address God as 'Father'?  No. I do it all the time.

    But I also refer to him as: my God, the Most High, the Almighty, my Shepherd and many more titles depending upon the subject I am talking about or praying about.

    One regular commenter stated 'God has 300 plus names'.

    For example, most people when asked what is God's name, they will answer: "God".

    If you believe God's name is 'God', then you are calling your Father by his name and not just by the title 'Father'.

    Jehovah God is not 'just' our Father.

    Jehovah is also our God, our statue giver.

    Jehovah can also our Best Friend.

    (James 2:23) “23 and the scripture was fulfilled that says: “Abraham put faith in Jehovah, and it was counted to him as righteousness,” and he came to be called Jehovah’s friend.”

    As our God, he is rightly called God and by his personal name Jehovah.

    As our Friend, he is rightly called by his personal name 'Jehovah'.

    When someone asks you, 'What is your Father' name?' do you answer 'Father'?

    When someone asks you, 'What is your God's name?' do you answer 'God'? 

    Or do you correctly answer 'Jehovah'!

    Exo 3:15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name forever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. 

    Psalms 145:21

    (ASV)  My mouth shall speak the praise of Jehovah; And let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.

    (MKJV)  My mouth shall speak the praise of Jehovah; and let all flesh bless His holy name forever and ever.

    (YLT)  The praise of Jehovah my mouth speaketh, And all flesh doth bless His holy name, To the age and for ever!

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    1 month ago

    Update:

    Teem, Teem, Teem. Why do you strain at a gnat and swallow a camel?

    According to these answers no one else seems to agree with you that it is hypocritical to call God-Father teem.

    In fact, it would seem to be more hypocritical not too. Did you call your Father by his personal name or did you use the filial name as a son to his father?

    What does the Bible say?

    (Romans 8:14-15) “For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”

    (Galatians 4:6) “Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.”

    This is also the same term Jesus used in (Mark 14:36) where he prayed.

    “Abba, Father,” he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”

    “Abba” is the defining term for father in the Aramaic language, spoken by Jesus and Paul as an intimate term to characterize their personal relationships with God.

    When we state the term “Abba Father” we envision a Father who knows our greatest strengths, our greatest weaknesses, and our beginning and end: but instead of forcing His will on us, He allows us to meet Him in our own way, with intimacy that can only be felt between the Creator and the created.

    That is my relationship with my wonderfull father God teem and is the reason I refer to Him as Father.

    I cherish that relationship and have done for getting on for 50 years, and I am sure that He does the same. Do you not have that same relationship?

    "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:38-39).

  • 1 month ago

    Nothing at all, pard.  Nothing.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 month ago

    Jesus called his creator, father.  So that must be how he is referred to.  The bible speaks of a woman in heaven.  So there is both.

  • 1 month ago

    Nothing.  The minimum...

  • ?
    Lv 4
    1 month ago

    Most call Him Abba Father...lol

  • 1 month ago

    Nothing.

    Thanks for asking.

  • Mack
    Lv 7
    1 month ago

    God doesn't use a phone?

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