# “What do you believe when you say: ‘I believe in God the Father Almighty’?” — The Heidelberg Catechism

- Link: https://tollelege.net/2013/07/29/what-do-you-believe-when-you-say-i-believe-in-god-the-father-almighty-the-heidelberg-catechism/
- Published: 2013-07-29T15:00:37-05:00
- Author: tollelege

**26. Q. What do you believe when you say: “I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth?”**

**A.**That the eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who out of nothing created
heaven and earth and everything in them,[1] who still upholds and rules them by 
His eternal counsel and providence,[2] is my God and Father because of Christ His
Son.[3]

I trust Him so much that I do not doubt He will provide whatever I need for body
and soul,[4] and He will turn to my good whatever adversity He sends me in this 
sad world.[5]

He is able to do this because He is almighty God;[6]
 He desires to do this because
He is a faithful Father.[7]

> [1] Gen. 1 and 2; Ex. 20:11; Job 38 and 39; Ps. 33:6; Is. 44:24; Acts 4:24; 14:
> 15. [2] Ps. 104:27-30; Matt. 6:30; 10:29; Eph. 1:11. [3] John 1:12, 13; Rom. 8:
> 15, 16; Gal. 4:4-7; Eph. 1:5. [4] Ps. 55:22; Matt. 6:25, 26; Luke 12:22-31. [5]
> Rom. 8:28. [6] Gen. 18:14; Rom. 8:31-39. [7] Matt. 6:32, 33; 7:9-11.

More on [God the Father](https://tollelege.net/category/god-the-father/)