HC Q120 — Why has Christ commanded us to address God thus: "Our Father

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*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

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Source

• source-manifest/hc — Heidelberg Catechism (1563) (PD, RCUS 1863)
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