Gold Nugget 263 - Peculiar Affections
While a human father has the ordinary sensibilities of a man, he has the peculiar affections of a parent, a tender interest in his offspring, which he feels for no other object in the world. So God is a Father. Whilst he has an interest in all the works of his hands, he has a special interest in a human soul. …
Filial love and loyalty raise and bind the souls of children to their parents. Such is the feeling that human spirits should cherish and develop in relation to God. Man is the only creature on this round earth that has the capacity, and consequently the obligation, to feel, entertain, or develop this filial affection.
He then who is the Creator of all things in the world is the Father of man; all are his creatures, but men are his children. Sublime distinction this!
The Pulpit Commentary, Malachi p.36, Malachi 2:10-12, (D. Thomas)
Gold Nugget 263
Peculiar Affections
