father....
For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. - 1 Corinthians 4:15
But not Father...
Call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. - Matthew 23:9
In which the first written father figure outside the actual Father is Job...
16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveler.
40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. - Job 31
And to play the part of a father is to care for those in need as a good father cares for his own. So here on earth we are supposed to play the part of father, knowing that one is our Father, even God.
For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. - 1 Corinthians 4:15
But not Father...
Call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. - Matthew 23:9
In which the first written father figure outside the actual Father is Job...
16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveler.
40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. - Job 31
And to play the part of a father is to care for those in need as a good father cares for his own. So here on earth we are supposed to play the part of father, knowing that one is our Father, even God.