06-21-2026 | 10AM Worship - Who's Your Daddy? | Eld. Charles H. Ellis, IV

Main message: Whose "daddy" you follow — your biological father, the devil, or God the Father — determines the habits you inherit, how you respond in success and crisis, and your ultimate destiny; choosing God produces the fruit of the Spirit and leads to eternal life even if the process is a slow, testing journey.

Key points:

• We have three fathers: natural/biological, the devil (since the Fall), and God the Father; each shapes us differently.
• We inherit traits and tendencies from our fathers — good and bad — illustrated by mannerisms and appetites; from the devil come the "works of the flesh," from God the "fruit of the Spirit."
• Life under the devil often offers instant gratification and earthly success but ends in destruction; life under God often involves a journey, suffering or delay, and an eternal reward.
• Our reactions reveal which father we follow: those under the devil point to self and avoid accountability; those under God point to the Father (example: Jesus deflecting praise) and endure with faith.
• Biblical examples (Adam, Jonah, Job, Nebuchadnezzar) and a personal prenatal scare story were used to show how trials and responses distinguish allegiance.

Scriptures mentioned: John 8:42–47, Galatians 5:19–23, Genesis 3, Jonah, Job, Daniel (Nebuchadnezzar)