How Much More?
Discovering the Depths of the Father’s Love
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I am reminded every day when I look at my children that God is for me. I know that if my children asked me for bread, I would not give them a stone. Or if they asked me for a fish, I would not give them a snake. And I am reminded time and again that if I who was once evil, if I who was once insecure and in constant sin, if I know how to give my children good gifts when they ask, how much more will my Father in Heaven give me His loving forgiveness and healing, His Word, His Son, His Spirit, His Kingdom, and His assignment? How much more will your Father in Heaven give good things to those who ask Him?
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Jesus has a way of using rhetorical questions to get at the heart of what His listeners believe about Him and His Father.
One night, while Golfran A. Rivera held his newborn son, contemplating all the blessings he longed to bestow upon him, Christ’s question about the Father’s generosity suddenly pierced deeper than it ever had before: “If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!”
Many who have called on Christ as their Lord and Savior can articulate fundamental Christian doctrines about forgiveness of sins through His willful sacrifice and powerful resurrection. They acknowledge the Gospel is true, and that Jesus is the only way to the Father. But few ever understand or walk in the joy and freedom that is found in the love of the Father.
Rivera shares how fatherhood contextualized Jesus’ question and helped him experience the love of God in a new way. By answering the question, “How much more?” he shows us how the difference between understanding Christian doctrine and experiencing the truth of the Gospel is found in discovering the depths of the Father’s love.
About the Author
Golfran A. Rivera is a follower of Christ, a husband, and a father. Since 2016, he has served at Manna Church as a Small Group leader, Micro-Site leader, and Growth Track Leader in support of Manna Church’s Muliply vision. He has served in the U.S. Military since 2010. At the time of this book’s publishing, he was on assignment to the Interservice Physician Assistant Program as an Army Physician Assistant Student and Officer Candidate.