Do you know history, "And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven"?

Good point. Matthew 23:6-9 reads, "They (the scribes and the Pharisees) love places of honor at banquets, seats of honor in synagogues, greetings in marketplaces, and the salutation 'Rabbi.' As for you, do not be called 'Rabbi.' You have but one teacher, and you are all brothers. Call no one on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven."

Are we also not to call anyone "teacher" or "doctor" which is how "rabbi' would translate? I think not. This is call for humility for those in leadership roles.

Not to be taken literally. We are not to deny our male parent and cut the Commandment to honor our father and mother in half. Some leaders in any church may fall into the same folly of a lack of humility as the pharisees of Jesus' day.

By the way, we also take into account the entirety of the Bible: The Apostle Paul writes: I am writing you this not to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children. Even if you should have countless guides to Christ, yet you do not have many fathers, for I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. (1 Corinthians 4:14-15) And: As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his children, exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you conduct yourselves as worthy of the God who calls you into his kingdom and glory.

(1 Thessalonians 2:11-12) And: I urge you on behalf of my child Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment, who was once useless to you but is now useful to (both) you and me. (Philemon 10-11).

CALL NO ONE ON EARTH YOUR FATHER;” – a literalistic interpretation means no person on earth could be called father. Therefore we could not call our dads, father either. But if we are to take a literalistic approach then how come we find in the gospels and other books of the NT, which were written after the Resurrection, the authors using the term ‘father’ to describe both natural fathers and spiritual fathers (see below)?

"Call no one on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven." If we read the scripture in context we see Jesus using this term ‘father’ in conjunction with the Pharisees and scribes. The scribes and Pharisees were usurping the role of God the Father.

Jesus is using hyperbole to make the point that no one should take the place of God the Father since you only "have but one Father in heaven". Here are a few scriptures that make a case against a literalistic interpretation - Jesus uses the term 'father' often in the gospels Mt 10:35 (NAB): "For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against his mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law." Angel Gabriel about John the Baptist Luke 1:17 (NAB): "He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of fathers toward children..." Angel Gabriel about Jesus Luke 1:32 (NAB): "He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father.

Mary calls Abraham her father Luke 1:55 (NAB): "...according to his promise to our fathers, to Abraham and to his descendants forever." Luke 1:72 (NAB): "to show mercy to our fathers and to be mindful of his holy covenant". Luke 1:73 (NAB): "and the oath he swore to Abraham our father, and to grant us that," Mary calls Joseph father of Jesus Luke 2:48 (NAB): "...Your father and I have been looking for you Jesus with great anxiety."

Luke 16:24-30 : Jesus calls Abraham, 'father Abraham' in the parable of Lazarus The new Jewish Christians call David their father Acts 4:25: “you said by the holy Spirit through the mouth of our father David, your servant: ‘Why did the Gentiles rage and the peoples entertain folly?” St. Stephen addresses the 'fathers' in the crowd- Acts 7:2: “And he replied, “My brothers and fathers, listen. The god of glory appeared to our father Abraham…” Acts 7:32: “I am the God of your fathers…” St. Paul addresses the 'fathers' in the crowd: Acts 22:1: “My brothers and fathers, listen to what I am about to say to you in my defense.”

Romans 4:11 – Abraham a spiritual father, not just a natural father “Thus he Abraham was to be the father of all the uncircumcised…” Romans 4:16: “follow the faith of Abraham, who is the father of all of us.” James 2:21: “Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered his son Isaac upon the altar?

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