Humanity is at the center of the universe's purpose.  David declared:  When I consider the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, 4) What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him? 5) For You have made him a little lower than the angels, and You have crowned him with glory and honor.  6) You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet (Psalm 8:3-6)

    Keep this in mind, the whole universe was created just for God's children to have a place to exercise the Father's dominion and for their nature (image and likeness) to manifest the Father's image and likeness.

    God created all things and became the Father, the Source of creation.  The one who produces something is the one who sustains it.  Remember, out of God the Father came the Word, His Son, who spoke all things into being:

    Constitutional Scripture:  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.  2) He was in the beginning with God.  3) All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.  4) In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. (John 1:1-4)

    Take note:  Not only did the Word create all that is, but the Word also upholds, supports and sustains everything created.  This is the key reason that we should always study the Word.  It is our very strength to overcome this world's vices.

    Constitutional Scripture:  has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 3) who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the Word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, (Hebrews 1:2-3)

    Keep in mind, out of the Father came the Son.  He is the eternal and only begotten Son of the Father.  Remember, He is God.

    Constitutional Scripture:  For which of the angels did He ever say, "You are My Son, today I have begotten You?  And again: I will be to him a Father and He shall be to Me a Son"?  6) But when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says:  "Let all angels of God worship Him"  (Hebrews 1:5-6)

    I must say, the Son, as the Word, spoke all creation into being, which would sustain all humanity.  Remember, the Father always sustains what He produces, for He is the founder of all creation.

    In eternity, before time and creation, all humanity has been conceived in the mind of God.  For eternity, the male is the father of human society and social relationships.  He is the source of the human family.

    Remember, the male, as a father, is the source, sustainer, nurturer and protector of the woman; because God took the woman out of the man.

    Now remember who God is:  He is our Source, sustainer and we as fathers should reflect His character in our families and those with whom we associate ourselves.  If you read and study the Constitution, you will find that everything we know of fatherhood begins in Genesis, the book of beginnings.  Consider this process of creation:  God is the self-sustaining One.  he doesn't use anything from any other source to create.  He is the Source.  Before creation, Elohim--the name of God that reflects His triune nature--decided to bring humanity into existence. 

    Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world that we should be Holy and without blame before Him in love.  (Ephesians 1:4)

    We were in the mind of God before He created the universe.  He decided to have sons, offspring, spirit children who would be made in His image and likeness.

    In His purpose, foreknowledge and predestination; in His supernatural womb; Elohim created His children.  His plan for us was not only that we be created in his image, but also that we exercise authority and dominion just as He does.  Since there was nothing for His children to rule over, God spoke the universe into being.  Creation is the product of God's purpose for His children.  He spoke creation into being in order to sustain those made in His image.

    God's purpose was to bring or establish a relationship, not another religion called "Christianity".  Remember, religion is man's search for God and the kingdom that he lost.  The original plan and purpose of God was to have a family of sons that He could relate to as a father to His children.

    The Constitution, better known to many as the Bible, refers to man's relationship to God with these phrases:  servants (which is another word for "representative minister" as a government minister), saints, ambassadors, sons of God, citizens of heaven, kings, God's workmanship, children of God, and other terms of endearment; but not officially are they referred to as Christians.  Keep this in mind, the disciples were first called "Christians" at the city of Antioch.  It was the people there that called them "Christians".  Remember, if someone names you, they will define you, and that is what they did.  For example: My first name is "William" not Will or Bill or Billy, and I will not respond to anything other than my name. (Read Acts 11:26)

    Christianity was never a term to be given us by Jesus the Christ nor His apostles.  The term Christian was never to be a title not a label that we wore, but a lifestyle that we lived, demonstrating the nature of "Christ-likeness".  In essence, a "Christian" was supposed to be a description of the culture of the Kingdom of God being exhibited through our lives.  This is why the first believers were called "Christians" by the early observers of their lifestyle, their power, their boldness and their Christ-like authority.  Now days, the word "Christian" is just a by-word, a name that is deeply rooted in a religion.  It reminds me of coffee, two-thirds milk and one-third coffee and sugar.  The lifestyle most individuals live who carry the badge of "Christian" is so much like this world's system, you can't see the difference.  They quote scripture, say God bless, and are quick to mention to you, "don't judge"; but christ says we should judge the brothers who claim to be Kingdom citizens.  a Kingdom citizen follows and obeys the Kingdom laws.

Constitution:  1 Corinthians 5:9-13  I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people. 10) Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. 11) But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person. 12) For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside? 13) But those who are outside God judges. Therefore “put away from yourselves the evil person.”

    Right or wrong, most unbelievers have a definite idea of what they think a "Christian" should be.  If we are not careful, we can identify too strongly with their label and fall into the trap of trying to live up to their standards and expectations.  We should stop trying so hard to live like "Christians" and all the false assumptions associated with that term; and instead work harder at living like citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven.

    Remember, the Lord permits storms in your life in order to expose your "spots".  You must learn what they are and allow Him to remove them because you are only as strong as the storms you confront and survive.  Every time that you survive a storm, a few more spots are beaten out of your life.  The more storms that you go through, the more spots that are out of your life.

    Have you ever wondered why so many "Christian Celebrities" crack under the pressure of fame and publicity?  It was because they didn't allow the trials and tests of life to remove the spots from their lives.  As I once mentioned, the removal is a process, which in many cases takes time.  Sometimes, as soon as we make it out of the water and think the test is over, He will put us back in the fire because we need to be refined further, So, stop complaining and embrace the Word of the living God.

    Think about the life of Abraham.

Read the Constitution:  Genesis 12-22 chapters of the journey and faith of Abraham.

    Anchors are designed to secure a ship, that's why they must be tested.  It's too late to test them in an emergency.  When a ship is heading toward a rocky shore, its anchor must hold.  It is similar to when your family runs into problems, regardless what they are, you must hold.  You as a father, husband and man, must hold that family together. If you are the oldest male living at home, with your mother and sisters, and your father is absent, you are the "father" of that house.  Your mother wasn't designed to fill that purpose.  Keep in mind, Jesus the Christ took over His family leadership after Joseph died.  He made sure with His last dying breath that His mother would be secured in John's household after He was gone.  He was being the sustainer of His mother.

    Constitution:  John 19:25-27 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, His mother and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clapas, and Mary Magdelene.  26) When Jesus therefore saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to his mother, "Woman, behold your son!"  27) Then He said to the disciple, "Behold your mother!"  And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home.

    When the anchor of a family fails, disaster is inevitable.  If you walk out on your marriage, you will not only destroy a family, but you will also damage the community.  If you're a pastor and things aren't going right, if you abandon the pulpit before God calls you to leave, you will cause problems in the body of Christ.  That's not a decision affecting you only because you are called to be the anchor.

    Remember, storms are only for a season.  You are being tested to ensure your strength