God, above all things is a Father; and many people at this point in history, are basically fatherless. A spiritual father is more than a mentor and more than a teacher. He is a covering of protection for our soul (psuche) and he is not only a protector but also a corrector; if we will allow it.
The reason Malachi wrote what he did, by the Holy Ghost in (Mal. 4:5&6), was because in these last days, the curse we see in the earth is a lack of true fathers who are in deep relationship with true sons and daughters.
As Elijah passed on a spiritual inheritance to Elisha, and as the apostle Paul passed on a spiritual inheritance to Timothy, so we have a great need for men of God who are equipped to pass on a spiritual inheritance to those God has assigned to them as sons and daughters in the faith.
A true father will help bring us up into God THE Father, so that we can become all that God has intended for us to be.
A fatherless society is a weak and wounded society, and a fatherless church is no different.
May God give us true spiritual fathers in these last days.
