Is God our Father metaphorically or literally?

He is the literal father of my spirit. As such, I am a joint heir with my elder brother [Jesus Christ] to the blessings and potential of all that my Father hath.

I have a close friend a who confided in me some time ago that she struggled to feel close to her Savior - she'd always felt closer to her Father in Heaven. I chuckled and told her there was nothing wrong with being a 'Daddy's girl'.

One other interesting thing is that as I have sought a greater relationship, I have noticed a difference between the comfort & influence of the Holy Ghost, the strength, comfort and Light of my Savior, and the occassional touch of Love and concern coming from my Father. We can reform these relationships we had in our pre-existance with God here on earth. Isn't it marvelous!

To me, all God's creations have a dual nature- us, lions, mountains, stars, everything- a spiritual nature and a physical nature. Obviously, some spirits are of a greater intelligence than others (How much intelligence does it take to be a rock or a mountain, really?).

My physical nature has a father and a mother- they met in Idaho, married, and I was born about a year and a half later, followed eventually by 4 more- all boys.

My spiritual nature also has a Father-- God. He is the creator of all the "lesser" intelligences- animals, plants, planets, etc. He is the literal father of the greater intelligences- us human beings- the firstborn of these greater intelligences was/is known by the name of Jesus Christ (Most of humanity's physical nature is strictly that- physical. Jesus had an interesting factor to His physical nature- that also was dual and allowed Him to do what His spiritual AND physical Father (God) had asked Him to do.).

To me, this doesn't diminish our Father in any sense, although it lengthens the measure by which He will judge us. If we are His literal offspring, then we have the capacity to be like Him, and He could reasonably expect greatness from us.

Pesonally I believe that His intention was for us to understan that He wants us to be His literal children.

I know it is difficult if not impossible to comprehend this, especially when all we have as an example of a Father are our earthly Fathers.

My earthly father was a very selfish and prideful man, that thought little or nothing of his children, His way of showing love was to physically abuse, yell and scream almost constantly, to the point where eventually, his kids wanted nothing to do with him.

This being MY example of a loving father, tended to push me away from anything even resembleing fatherhood.

Our finite minds tend to go for things as they are, not as they should be. My example of my father also was my example of the father that I turned out to be. Just someone fathering children, and far from being a dad.

I always promised myself that I would never turn out like my father, but I did. Now I pray that I will turn out to be even remotely close to what my Father in Heaven is.

We are his Children. He is the Father of our spirits the say way that our earthly fathers are the fathers of our bodies. We are not the same as the lions, the mountains, or the stars.

Our soul is a Part of God. God Moved, as He Moved He left Portions of Himself behind, hence the First Souls Came Into Being. Animals to not have the Same Soul as we have, man alone is capable of Becoming Like God.

He is the Father of our spirits, so I would say that he is our literal father.

See Acts 17:29

29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.

Metaphorically Literally Adam would be our Father.

God would have been Adam father cause he was formed directly by him.

Jesus is the only begotten son. We can be adopted as God's children though. All we need to do is ask for the free gift of salvation!

Ephesians 1:4-16 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love (5) he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— (6) to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. (7) In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace (8) that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. (9) And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, (10) to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment—to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ. (11) In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, (12) in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. (13) And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, (14) who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession—to the praise of his glory. (15) For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, (16) I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.

www.Godlovestheworld.com shows how!

“Five sparrows sell for two coins of small value, do they not? Yet not one of them goes forgotten before God. But even the hairs of your heads are all numbered. Have no fear; you are worth more than many sparrows.”—Luke 12:6, 7.

God is neither metaphorically nor literally our father, he is our creator.