tigger398 Posted June 12, 2014 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 562 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 2,074 Content Per Day: 0.31 Reputation: 648 Days Won: 2 Joined: 11/01/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 05/31/1966 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Does anyone ever feel funny calling a priest father. When I hear people calling a priest father I feel like it's disrespecting God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippie333 Posted June 13, 2014 Group: Royal Member Followers: 15 Topic Count: 114 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1,236 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 673 Days Won: 1 Joined: 10/24/2012 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/18/1970 Share Posted June 13, 2014 I personally, will not do it. Mat 23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.  Christian's are equal....only God has supreme authority. Only God has a right to give laws; to declare doctrines that shall bind the conscience; to punish disobedience. Christ taught us all that the source of all life and truth was God, and that we should not to seek or receive a title which properly belongs to him. This of course, does not mean not to call our parents father / mother....in the parental sense....that is accepted and used in scripture.  Exo 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Mat 15:4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.  Commentary on Matthew 23:9 - (source Gills Commentary) Not but that children may, and should call their natural parents, fathers; and such who have been instrumental in the conversion of souls, may be rightly called by them their spiritual fathers; as servants and scholars also, may call those that are over them, and instruct them, their masters: our Lord does not mean, by any of these expressions, to set aside all names and titles, of natural and civil distinction among men, but only to reject all such names and titles, as are used to signify an authoritative power over men's consciences, in matters of faith and obedience; in which, God and Christ are only to be attended to.  God Bless, Hip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enoob57 Posted June 13, 2014 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 35 Topic Count: 100 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 41,166 Content Per Day: 7.98 Reputation: 21,444 Days Won: 76 Joined: 03/13/2010 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/27/1957 Share Posted June 13, 2014 It is the escape from second death by second birth and the reality- it was The Fatherthat sent The Son by The Fathers Will... securely adopting us Through The Son as sons.Mark 14:3636 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cupfrom me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.KJVRomans 8:1515 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have receivedthe Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.KJVGalatians 4:66 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts,crying, Abba, Father.KJVAnything else would be a travesty to the gift of The Father... Love, Steven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OakWood Posted June 14, 2014 Group: Royal Member Followers: 7 Topic Count: 867 Topics Per Day: 0.24 Content Count: 7,331 Content Per Day: 2.00 Reputation: 2,860 Days Won: 31 Joined: 04/09/2014 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/28/1964 Share Posted June 14, 2014 God I call Father and my Dad..... that's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwikphilly Posted June 14, 2014 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 96 Topic Count: 307 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 18,136 Content Per Day: 4.63 Reputation: 27,816 Days Won: 327 Joined: 08/03/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted June 14, 2014 Blessings tigger     Praise the Lord!!!!Yes,I have a problem with it because the Word of God tells us specifically ,not to  Mat 23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.                                             KJV   .God is my Father.I used to refer to my Dad as my father but I always called my earthly father 'Daddy".......but priests,yeah-I don't like it at all .  I kind of cringe when hear it,I also feel as you do,that it is irreverant to our Heavenly Father      This is probably stupid because I will call upon God as "Abba"(which means Daddy really) but have a friend that refers to God as "Daddy" & it drives me nuts,I just feel that it is not respectful enough to ALMIGHTY GOD!!!!.....I don't say anything ,she is a very good friend of mine & she does know how I feel and I know how she is passionate for our Lord but I just don't like it.Hey,I even cringe when I see God spelled with a small "g" ,LOL,or satan spelled with a capital "S"(just my 2 cents)                                                                                                                                                           With love-in Christ ,Kwik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coheir Posted June 16, 2014 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 104 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2,458 Content Per Day: 0.55 Reputation: 729 Days Won: 5 Joined: 02/09/2012 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/31/1950 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Blessings tigger     Praise the Lord!!!!Yes,I have a problem with it because the Word of God tells us specifically ,not to  Mat 23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.                                             KJV   .God is my Father.I used to refer to my Dad as my father but I always called my earthly father 'Daddy".......but priests,yeah-I don't like it at all .  I kind of cringe when hear it,I also feel as you do,that it is irreverant to our Heavenly Father      This is probably stupid because I will call upon God as "Abba"(which means Daddy really) but have a friend that refers to God as "Daddy" & it drives me nuts,I just feel that it is not respectful enough to ALMIGHTY GOD!!!!.....I don't say anything ,she is a very good friend of mine & she does know how I feel and I know how she is passionate for our Lord but I just don't like it.Hey,I even cringe when I see God spelled with a small "g" ,LOL,or satan spelled with a capital "S"(just my 2 cents)                                                                                                                                                           With love-in Christ ,Kwik mat 23:9  tells me I have one Father also known as God the Father. It does not say I have a Dad or Daddy named God. It also does not say I have a husband named God. On earth I have a Dad or Daddy; in Heaven I have the one and only Father. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 My Father  And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Galatians 4:6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnlove Posted June 19, 2014 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 127 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 6 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/19/2014 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/19/1934 Share Posted June 19, 2014 One time a Catholic priest told me I was reading scripture wrong when I refused to call him father. My response was that he could be right, but I would ask Jesus who was right. Jesus told me that it was dangerous to be called father, and to call another father. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B3L13v3R Posted June 20, 2014 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 11 Topic Count: 76 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,261 Content Per Day: 0.24 Reputation: 1,035 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/12/2009 Status: Offline Share Posted June 20, 2014 Hi Tigger398 I would never call a priest "father," because of the same verse that Hippie333 mentioned:Mat 23:9Â And call no man your father (in the "God" The Father sense) upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. However, I have looked to faithfully reach out to a few Priest and many a Roman Catholic with the True Gospel over the years! With the "Priest" on occasion, I have spent a few hours going over the Bible with them, as they present me at length with their man made religious liturgy. I find them a tough crowd, but I'm always in hopes to see a few come to the knowledge of the Gospel, as represented solely in God's Word! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigger398 Posted June 20, 2014 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 562 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 2,074 Content Per Day: 0.31 Reputation: 648 Days Won: 2 Joined: 11/01/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 05/31/1966 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 You mean a priest don't know the gospel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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