Each individual has a person who begot him and whom he calls « father » but we all also have a « Father » in common who is in heaven, our God.
However, Jesus said:
« Do not choose to call anyone on earth your father. For One is your Father, who is in heaven. »(Matthew 23:9)
Jesus did not want to prevent us from calling our natural fathers who begot us « father ».
No, « father » here is used in the sense of creator, of the one who is at the origin of everything and transmits everything: life, good, happiness, etc.
God wants to have this place in the life of every Christian. If it then happen to us, to attribute this name to a human simply because of his authority over us, our dependence on him or for some other crazy reason, and grant him the place of God in our hearts, God becomes jealous because it is idolatry.
PRAYER:
Lord our Father, grant us to never give your place in our lives to human beings.
It is in the precious name of your son Jesus Christ that we pray, Amen.
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