Article December 23, 1985 Issue

Discover your real Father

CHARLES T. ALLISON

Christ Jesus, that master Christian, referred to God as Father. For example, when teaching his disciples to pray, he began with the words "Our Father."^{Matt. 6:9.} He also commanded his followers, "Call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven."^{Matt. 23:9.}

The understanding that there is only one Father, God, promotes our spiritual progress and frees us from dependence on human parents.

At the time of our mother's passing, when I was still an infant, our home was abandoned. Father, older sisters, and brothers did not remain together. A home was established for me with my mother's family. Some years later, when I was a young child on my way to school, a strange man stopped me. He asked if I knew who he was? I had never seen him before, so I replied, "No." Continuing to look at me, with tears in his eyes he said, "My son, I am your father."

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