- God the Father who made us (Deut 32:6)
Gen 1:26-27, 2 Cor 4:4, Gen 2:7, Isa 63:16, Isa 64:8, 2 Sam 7:14, 1 Chr 17:13, Mal 2:10
God made us. (Deut 32:6)
Deut 32:6 Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
God made us in His image. (Genesis 1:26-27)
Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
We, who were originally dust, became living spirits through the breath of God, Christ. (Genesis 2:7)
Genesis 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
The true image of God is Christ. (2 Corinthians 4:4)
2 Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
God is our Father who made us. (Isa 63:16, Isa 64:8, 2 Samuel 7:14, 1 Chronicles 17:13, Mal 2:10)
Isa 63:16 Doubtless 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.
Isa 64:8 But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
2 Samuel 7:14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
1 Chronicles 17:13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
Mal 2:10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
If we believe in Jesus as the Christ, God is our Father. (1 John 5:1, John 1:12)
1 John 5:1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: