Week 46 Heidelberg

120 & 121 are Lord's Day 46
Why has Christ Commanded us to address God thus, OUR FATHER?
to awaken


How kind is that? I wonder the cadence of Jesus' when He 1st gave them this prayer. What if i paused for a couple of seconds ... to allow God's Spirit space to "awaken that childlike reverence and trust


121. Why .... Who art in heaven?
that we may expect from His Almighty power all things necessary for body and soul




120. Q. Why has Christ commanded us to address God as Our Father?
To awaken in us at the very beginning of our prayer that childlike reverence and trust toward God which should be basic to our prayer: God has become our Father through Christ and will much less deny us what we ask of Him in faith than our fathers would refuse us earthly things.[1] [1] Matt. 7:9-11; Luke 11:11-13.



121. Q. Why is there added, Who art in heaven?
These words teach us not to think of God's heavenly majesty in an earthly manner,[1] and to expect from His almighty power all things we need for body and soul.[2]

[1] Jer. 23:23, 24; Acts 17:24, 25. [2] Matt. 6:25-34; Rom. 8:31, 32.