*Lord's Day 46*
Question
Why has Christ commanded us to address God thus: "Our Father"?
Answer
That immediately, in the very beginning of our prayer, he might excite in us a childlike reverence for, and confidence in God, which are the foundation of our prayer: namely, that God is become our Father in Christ, and will much less deny us what we ask of him in true faith, than our parents will refuse us earthly things. (a) (a) Matt.7:9-11; Luke 11:11-13.
Edges
- part_of
source-manifest/hc - precedes
catechism-qa/hc-121
Source
source-manifest/hc— Heidelberg Catechism (1563) (PD, RCUS 1863)- evidence_grade: D_doctrinal_textbook