Newbirth "do you have two persons as fathers or do you have one Father?...." can we ask that Q? without Jesus in it ?
We tend to call our earthly fathers father as well, but I do remember Jesus saying "Call no man Father..." but perhaps if i go back and read it He was only refering to the physical but I do remember Him saying that.
ah...here it is
Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: [SUP]2 [/SUP]“The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. [SUP]3 [/SUP]So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. [SUP]4 [/SUP]They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them. [SUP]5 [/SUP]“Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries[SUP][
a][/SUP] wide and the tassels on their garments long; [SUP]6 [/SUP]they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; [SUP]7 [/SUP]they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.
[SUP]8 [/SUP]“But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. [SUP]9 [/SUP]And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. [SUP]10 [/SUP]Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah. [SUP]11 [/SUP]The greatest among you will be your servant. [SUP]12 [/SUP]For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.