If the YouTube video above is not available, here are two other ways to view:
Short Clip
2—The Father We all Need is the One Seated on the Throne of Heaven: Revelation 4:2-7 Jesus wanted them and us to see that God is seated upon His Throne (11x in this chapter for God’s Throne). All is well, all is calm. Matthew 5:16
Our Father is The One Seated On The Throne
Jesus described His Father as the One seated on the Throne. Here in Matthew 5-6 Jesus introduces us to ten amazing characteristics or attributes of His Father, The One on The Throne:
1. In Matthew 5:16, The One on the Throne of Heaven is God the Father (as Jesus makes clear in v.34 “Heaven is God’s Throne”). v.16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. v.34
But I say to you, do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is God’s throne;
2. In Matthew 5:45, Our Father on The Throne of Heaven: is Kind. v.45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
3. In Matthew 5:48, Our Father on The Throne of Heaven: is Perfect. v.48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
4. In Matthew 6:1,3-4a, Our Father on The Throne of Heaven: gives Rewards to those who give to the needy secretly, not for selfish gain. “Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise, you have no reward from your Father in heaven. 3 But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 that your charitable deed may be in secret;
5. In Matthew 6:4b,6, Our Father on The Throne of Heaven: sees everything, hears prayers, and is everywhere present. “and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly. 6 But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly”.
6. In Matthew 6:8, Our Father on The Throne of Heaven: Knows our Needs. “Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.
7. In Matthew 6:9, Our Father on The Throne of Heaven: is the One to Whom we Direct our Prayers.In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.
8. In Matthew 6:14, Our Father on The Throne of Heaven: Forgives Sins.“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
9. In Matthew 6:26-32, Our Father on The Throne of Heaven: Cares Deeply for Us. Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? 28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. He even knows each time a sparrow “falls” the Greek word actually is bigger than “falls” (as in “dies”) it can actually also be translated for “hops” along the ground” (see also Matthew 10:29-32).