The Fatherless and the Widows

[whirlwind]

 
James 1:26-27 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is in vain. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.



There are two topics of interest to me in the above passage. First....Before God and the Father. Before seeing that I never considered them to be separate. Father, Son and Holy Spirit are all God but not all are the Father. Jesus never referred to The Father as "God." Now I know why.


Two....We are to "visit the fatherless and widows." We could certainly take this literally and help all orphans and widows but this is speaking of the fatherless as those being without The Father guiding them. And the widows are those without Christ, for to them He is dead.

• Psalm 94:5-7 They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage. They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
  
  Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

We are to visit the fatherless and widows with His Word...bringing them to the Lord, to their Father, to their Husband.

[cizz]

There are two topics of interest to me in the above passage. First....Before God and the Father. Before seeing that I never considered them to be separate. Father, Son and Holy Spirit are all God but not all are the Father. Jesus never referred to The Father as "God." Now I know why.

Blessings sister, could you speak more on this subject please 

[me2lord]

It's the word "God" the same word used as "Lord"

 2316. θεός  theos; of unc. or.; God, a god:— divinely(1), God(1267), god(6), God’s(27), God-fearing(1), godly(2), godly*(1), gods(8), Lord(1).

Thomas, R. L. (1998, 1981). New American Standard Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek dictionaries  : Updated edition (H8674). Anaheim: Foundation Publications, Inc.

The greek word means the same as Lord and can be read like this accurately:  James 1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before the LORD and the Father is this: 


Here is the greek word used for father and is not the same word used for "God" so they are separate in this verse.

 3962. πατήρ  patēr; a prim. word; a father:— father(348), father’s(13), fathers(53), parents(1).

I never thought too much on that verse, but you sparked an interest for me and now I have to really do some more research and thinking...lol 

Thanks for sharing...

IN Christ's love

Thomas, R. L. (1998, 1981). New American Standard Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek dictionaries  : Updated edition (H8674). Anaheim: Foundation Publications, Inc.

[cizz]

Jam 3:9       Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.


Eph 5:20     Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Col 1:3     We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

Col 3:17     And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.