G-d is our father - Key Passages
There are several passages where Tanakh refers to G-d as our father. I hope you find it encouraging to approach G-d with that confidence that G-d is our father and we need to honor, fear, love and worship him and him alone. Exodus 4:22 Then say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son, Deuteronomy 1:31 and in the wilderness. There you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place.” Deuteronomy 32:6 Is this how you repay the Lord, you disgraceful, unwise people?! Is He not your Father, your Master? He has made you and established you. Deuteronomy 32:18 You deserted the Rock, who fathered you; you forgot the God who gave you birth. 19 And the Lord saw this and became angry, provoked by His sons and daughters. 20 And He said, "I will hide My face from them. I will see what their end will be, for they are a generation of changes; they are not [recognizable] as My...