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“We just call Him Father.”
This simple statement is common, especially among sincere Latter-day Saints. On the surface it sounds warm and relational. But it hides a profound difference in who is being called “Father.”
Who Is the Biblical Father?
The Bible reveals the Father as the eternal, uncreated source within the Triune God. He is not an exalted man who progressed to godhood. He has no beginning. He shares the same divine nature with the Son and the Ruach HaKodesh — three Persons, one God, outside of time and creation.
Key Scriptures:
- John 1:18 — “No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.”
- John 6:46 — “Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He who is from God; He has seen the Father.”
- John 17:3 — “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.”
The Father is spirit (John 4:24). He is holy, transcendent, and glorious beyond what even the seraphim can look upon without covering their faces (Isaiah 6).
The Critical Question
When someone says “We just call Him Father,” the real question is:
Which Father are you calling on?
- The eternal, uncreated Father revealed by Yeshua?
- Or an exalted man who once was not God, who has a literal wife, and who belongs to a council of gods?
These are not the same being.
The early church was very careful on this point. Small changes in who we say God is lead to very different gospels. The evil one is subtle — he often mixes 95% truth with 5% fatal error. That small difference changes everything.
Jesus Himself warned that knowing the true Father is essential to eternal life (John 17:3). Calling on a different “Father” means you are not praying to the God of the Bible.
Bull’s Eye – Yeshua Alone
Yeshua is the only One who perfectly reveals the Father. He alone can say, “He who has seen Me has seen the Father” (John 14:9). Any system that changes who the Father is has changed the gospel.
We must know the true HaAv — not the version reshaped by later revelations or angelic visitations.
“Test all things. Hold fast to what is good.”
— 1 Thessalonians 5:21
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