Listen again to God’s “I will.” In a unique way God says, “I will be his father.” At His resurrection the Lord Jesus Christ said to Mary Magdalene, “Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God” (John 20:17). God is the Father of Jesus Christ because of His position in the Trinity. God is my Father by regeneration—“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the