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BSN Glossary: Scriptural Pointers to the Fatherhood of Christ

  • Isaiah 9:6 …And His name will be called…Eternal Father…
  • Is 22:24
  • Isaiah 53:10 …He will see His offspring…
  • Hosea 1:10 …And in the place / Where it is said to them, / “You are not My people,” / It will be said to them, / “You are the sons of the living God.” (quoted by Paul in Rom 9:26)
  • Matthew 23:8-10 – “One is your Father, He who is in heaven” preceded and followed by allusions to Messiah.
  • John 14:18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.”
  • John 16:32 (see John 20:21)
  • John 20:21
  • 1 Cor 4:15
  • 2 Corinthians 6:16-18 – “…’And I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to Me,’ says the Lord Almighty.”
  • Hebrews 12:4-10 – ambiguous reference
  • James 1:17 – ambiguous reference
  • James 3:9 – “our Lord and Father” – ambiguous reference