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It was never revealed to them that God was their Father until Jesus showed up. So I can see where they would never have said that he was.
Matt 23:9 "Call no man your Father upon the earth, for one is your Father, which is in heaven." And lets keep in mind that he spoke of spiritual things not physical so the Father is the Father of the spirit that dwells in you that came from him! Just as the spirit called Jesus came from him.
To respond to WNL. Yes indeed he was conceived by the Holy Ghost, The last ADAM, Adam was made without sin but fell due to sin, Jesus was made just like Adam in that he was made outside the curses of EDEN (carnal mind and a body that would bring forth thorns and thistles). He having no carnal mind was never at odds with his Father, on the other hand we were from birth as we inherit the curses from our earthly fathers.
This truth was demonstrated by his telling Peter to "get thee behind me satan for thou lovest not the things of GOD." Just prior to going into the garden of gethsemane where he taking on himself the sin of the world took as well a carnal mind unto himself, when he did this he prayed that the Father "remove this cup from him" evidence of self preservation and a carnal mind that was never observed until that moment but he had to experience it to make him a better high priest, as he had to know what those he was going to intercede for went through.
And to interject here I'm pretty sure God could never take on a carnal mind and be at odds with himself.
Matt 23:9 "Call no man your Father upon the earth, for one is your Father, which is in heaven." And lets keep in mind that he spoke of spiritual things not physical so the Father is the Father of the spirit that dwells in you that came from him! Just as the spirit called Jesus came from him.
To respond to WNL. Yes indeed he was conceived by the Holy Ghost, The last ADAM, Adam was made without sin but fell due to sin, Jesus was made just like Adam in that he was made outside the curses of EDEN (carnal mind and a body that would bring forth thorns and thistles). He having no carnal mind was never at odds with his Father, on the other hand we were from birth as we inherit the curses from our earthly fathers.
This truth was demonstrated by his telling Peter to "get thee behind me satan for thou lovest not the things of GOD." Just prior to going into the garden of gethsemane where he taking on himself the sin of the world took as well a carnal mind unto himself, when he did this he prayed that the Father "remove this cup from him" evidence of self preservation and a carnal mind that was never observed until that moment but he had to experience it to make him a better high priest, as he had to know what those he was going to intercede for went through.
And to interject here I'm pretty sure God could never take on a carnal mind and be at odds with himself.