![kenneth hagin healing classics kenneth hagin healing classics](http://www.bibleandbookstore.com/assets/images/kenneth-e-hagin_seven-things-should-know-about-divine-healing.jpg)
But, no, God is love! Thank God for the Father's love which Jesus came to reveal to us. They have the idea that God is like a judge who sits up in Heaven and looks for a chance to punish people the moment they make a mistake. Often Christians have been religiously taught to fear and to shrink from a God of justice. Many Christians have a difficult time comprehending God as a Father who loves and cares for them. Religion is harsh and cold, but Christianity is a relationship with a God who is a loving Father.
![kenneth hagin healing classics kenneth hagin healing classics](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51S5TRWDZGL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg)
That fact has nothing in the world to do with religion.
![kenneth hagin healing classics kenneth hagin healing classics](https://d1w7fb2mkkr3kw.cloudfront.net/assets/images/book/lrg/9780/8927/9780892760169.jpg)
I like to get down on my knees and say, "I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ of whom the whole family in Heaven and earth is named." That word "family" takes God out of a harsh religious context and makes our relationship to the Father so real and intimate. Our Heavenly Father knows our needs, and He desires to meet them before we even ask Him for help! Because God is my Father, I like to do what Paul is talking about in : For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ" (v. Are ye not much better than they? Notice the utter tenderness in this picture of the Father caring for His children. 26 Behold the fowls of the air for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns yet YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER feedeth them. 3 Be not ye therefore like unto them : for YOUR FATHER knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. Jesus revealed God as a loving Father who cares for our every need. He was presenting the very nature of the Father, for the Bible says God is love (). But Jesus was presenting the Fatherhood side of God. They had only known God as a God of law and justice - and that is one side of God. It was difficult for the Jews to understand what Jesus was saying when He talked about a Father of love. 27 For THE FATHER himself LOVETH YOU, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. 16 For GOD SO LOVED the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. What does the Word say about our Heavenly Father? In the Gospels, Jesus always presented God as a loving Father. In the Word we find out about the Father's nature and how much He loves and cares for us. But the number one way to get to know the Father is through His Word. And it's true, you can learn some things about God the Father through different experiences in life. He is everything the Word says He is." You see, many people want to get acquainted with the Father through experiences. I understand God by what the Word says about Him. Smith Wiggles-worth once said, "I can't understand God by feelings.
![kenneth hagin healing classics kenneth hagin healing classics](https://www.ministryhelps.com/images/Kenneth%20Hagin.jpg)
The number one way you become better acquainted with God the Father is through His Word. Once you are born again, you begin to grow spiritually as you get to know your Heavenly Father. You must receive Jesus as your Savior and be born again in order to belong to the family of God and call God your Heavenly Father. Which family do you belong to? Who is your father - God or Satan? The only way you can be delivered out of the family of Satan is to be born into the family of God (). Every person, regardless of heritage or background, belongs to one of those two families. Spiritually speaking, there are only two families on the earth: the family of God and the family of Satan. #BEGIN_OUTLINE_TEXT: 1, CLASSIC SERMONS By Kenneth E Hagin #BEGIN_OUTLINE_TEXT: 2, GET ACQUAINTED WITH YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER For this cause I bow my knees unto the FATHER of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole FAMILY IN HEAVEN AND EARTH is named.