Establishing a Foundation through God the Father

The first part of the Trinity that was revealed to mankind was God the Father!  God was revealed through scripture in the way He was for a reason.  First we come to know God the Father, then we see the Son, and last we are given the Holy Spirit.  I believe this is how we should approach knowing God.  The foundation of faith is knowing and understanding God the Father!  Before we do anything in our faith, we must discover who God the Father is and study His character!  The foundation of faith is based upon His character.  God never changes and His design never changes.  There was a reason that He only revealed this aspect of Himself to those in the Old Testament.  They had to build the foundation for what God was going to bring about!  Sure it took a while for the Hebrews and Israelites to begin to understand God, but it was necessary.  For us, we can learn from what happened in the lives of those in the Old Testament to gain a better understanding of the Father.

I believe knowing God the Father is vital!  There are so many spirits that exist and many of them deceive you into thinking that they are Holy.  Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light and closely resembles something good.  If we do not have a foundation, we are easily deceived.  We must look at how the Father handled situations that came about.  How did the Father demonstrate Love, Anger, Jealousy, Wrath, and Justice?  He is Righteous and Pure and so if we desire to be Righteous in our own lives, then we must look at Him!  The Son did come to earth to give us Salvation, but God's character never changes, so we still must look at His character.  I have come to love the Old Testament for this fact; that it demonstrates the characteristic of who God is!  The Bible is Truth and we can not pick and choose what we believe, but must study the Bible in its entirety.  May we draw into Holy Communion with God by first studying the character of God the Father!