1. If the first attribute that comes to your mind when you think of God, is love and that He is a Father do you think the Father of all fathers could leave most of the members of His family in agony forever?
2. What does the story of the Prodigal Son teach us about the nature of the Father? Does He not forgive both the son of riotous living and the son of self-righteousness?
3. Is not the “Father of all” wise enough, compassionate enough, and powerful enough to cause us all to come to ourselves and bring us back home?
4. Is not the “Father of all” strong enough to break the power of sin and death over us, His children? “For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found” (Luke 15:22-24).
5. Does it not say, “every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord to the glory of God the FATHER?” Why does it not say Judge as many assume it must mean? What would bring you glory as an earthly father: a son that “confessed” openly that you were right all along while despising you in his heart or a son who had “come to his senses” about your true love for him and wanted to share it with all who would listen?