As a Christian, one usually wrestles with questions about how one understands when to act, react, decide and what to consider right in crucial circumstances. I would claim that as one born into a Christian family, it becomes easy to get used to witnessing the ritualistic style of practicing Christianity and living out one’s faith as the Body of Christ. However, considering the example of one who might have not been born into a Christian family, rather identified him or herself with another non- Abrahamic religion and converted to Christianity, it is probable that he or she might have a struggle getting accustomed to the significance of worship, rituals, scripture reading and its interpretation and other practices like prayer, fasting and meditation.
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In my view, for various reasons, the western concept of considering a child as an alien and a stranger is richly secular. Engaging the cultural perspectives, it is usual for Pakistani people to refer to their male child as a son, which is richly theological. This refers to the idea about God as a parent and humans as God’s children. This engages the topic of doctrine of God, and speaks about whether or not and, how a Christian understands God as a Father or a Parent to us, the humans. Integrating the initial section of this conversation about God being a parent to us humans, the love of God is faithful and trustworthy. This is a much spoken phenomena about God but the concern is to help the reader understand this by pointing to the parable of the Prodigal Son. In this parable, one can see the love of a father that accepts, understands, forgives, and celebrates the return of his son who had been selfish and never knew the importance of belonging to the family of his father. Later when the Prodigal Son repents from his doing, he is accepted and embraced with full honor and love. The love of the father in this parable invites a whole conversation in what ways, the father is manifesting that love to his son, the son who was dead and came to live. Using the doctrine of God perspective, it points to our coming to God, our parent, so that we are forgiven and are received as a member of God’s household. To support this argument, I would like to quote Dr. Stephen Ray’s words concerning the Biblical verse about God’s wings as mentioned in Matthew 23:27. Dr. Ray stated that no one believes in a God that has wings,
In my view, for various reasons, the western concept of considering a child as an alien and a stranger is richly secular. Engaging the cultural perspectives, it is usual for Pakistani people to refer to their male child as a son, which is richly theological. This refers to the idea about God as a parent and humans as God’s children. This engages the topic of doctrine of God, and speaks about whether or not and, how a Christian understands God as a Father or a Parent to us, the humans. Integrating the initial section of this conversation about God being a parent to us humans, the love of God is faithful and trustworthy. This is a much spoken phenomena about God but the concern is to help the reader understand this by pointing to the parable of the Prodigal Son. In this parable, one can see the love of a father that accepts, understands, forgives, and celebrates the return of his son who had been selfish and never knew the importance of belonging to the family of his father. Later when the Prodigal Son repents from his doing, he is accepted and embraced with full honor and love. The love of the father in this parable invites a whole conversation in what ways, the father is manifesting that love to his son, the son who was dead and came to live. Using the doctrine of God perspective, it points to our coming to God, our parent, so that we are forgiven and are received as a member of God’s household. To support this argument, I would like to quote Dr. Stephen Ray’s words concerning the Biblical verse about God’s wings as mentioned in Matthew 23:27. Dr. Ray stated that no one believes in a God that has wings,