Step Nine—God the Father

1. What does God the Father, have to do with us and our daily living?

2. When the Old Testament references “God;” is it God the Father or God, the Son?

3. What is the relationship of God the Father to God, the Son (Jesus)?

4. Is God the Father, in the Old Testament exacting and rigid in contrast to the merciful and loving God of the New Testament?

5. Why is it common to think of the Father as the vengeful God of the Old Testament?

6. Has any human being seen God?

7. What does “a covenant God” mean?

8. Is Jesus personal and relational while the Father is stern and detached?

9. Can God the Father be described as our Redeemer, as Jesus is?

10. Who forgives our sins? God the Father, or Jesus, the Son?

11. What about God’s attitude toward the sinner who repents and wants to return to God?

12. What Scriptural images can help us have a better understanding of the loving nature of God the Father?