The Heidelberg Catechism
Of God The Father
9. Lord’s Day
Q. 26.
What believest thou when thou sayest, “I believe in God the Father,
Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth”?
A.
That the eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (who of nothing made
heaven and earth, with all that is in them; (a)
who likewise upholds and governs the same by his eternal counsel and
providence) (b)
is for the sake of Christ his Son, my God and my Father; (c)
on whom I rely so entirely, that I have no doubt, but he will provide me with
all things necessary for soul and body (d)
and further, that he will make whatever evils he sends upon me, in this valley
of tears turn out to my advantage; (e)
for he is able to do it, being Almighty God, (f)
and willing, being a faithful Father. (g)
(a) Gen.1,2; Job 33:4; Job 38,39; Ps.33:6; Acts 4:24; Acts 14:15;
Isa.45:7. (b) Matt.10:29; Heb.1:3; Ps.104:27-30; Ps.115:3; Matt.10:29;
Eph.1:11. (c) John 1:12; Rom.8:15; Gal.4:5-7; Eph.1:5. (d) Ps.55:23;
Matt.6:25,26; Luke 12:22. (e) Rom.8:28. (f) Rom.10:12; Luke 12:22;
Rom.8:23; Isa.46:4; Rom.10:12. (g) Matt.6:25-34; Matt.7:9-11.
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