Our Father’s Image

In this Father’s Day message, Pastor Byron addresses how our earthly fathers deeply shape our perception of God the Father—often creating false images of God as mean, unforgiving, angry, or capricious—and presents the biblical corrective by examining seven characteristics of our Heavenly Father. He teaches that God is a loving friend (not a cruel master), a patient teacher (not a harsh schoolmaster), a tolerant Father (not intolerant), a gentle guide (not angry), an understanding counselor (not insensitive), a generous provider (not stingy), and a faithful sustainer (not capricious)—challenging fathers to reflect these divine characteristics while assuring believers that even in their sin, they still have a loving Father who disciplines for restoration, not retribution.