Because God was his "Father"?

Because God was his "Father"?

Is Jesus (pbuh) a divine son of God because he called

God "Father"? Well, how do all Christians refer to
Him? What does Jesus himself have to tell us in this
regard? Let us read

"That ye may be the children of your Father which is in

heaven..."

Matthew 5:45

and "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which

is in heaven is perfect."

Matthew 5:48:

...etc.

There are countless verses in the Bible to this effect. To

understand what is meant by the reference to "Father"
we need only read John 8:42:

"Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye

would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from
God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me."

So the love of God and His prophets is what makes God

someone's "father." Similarly,
 "Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your
father ye will do."

John 8:44

Obviously neither the Devil nor God is the physical

father of any of them. The term "Father" in that day
and age was used by the Jews in the same sense that
Christians use the word "father" today to address a
priest. It was not meant to be taken literally. Otherwise,
the Bible would bear witness that every believer in
Jesus (pbuh) is also the "physical" son of God.

Further, please note that Joseph is called a "father" to

Pharaoh in Genesis 45:8, and Job is called the "father"
of the poor in Job 29:16. Once we read all of this we
begin to understand how the Jews used to understand
the reference to God Almighty as "Father.