Heidelberg Catechism: What do you believe when you say, “I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth?”

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 I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, His only-begotten Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; He descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from there He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit; a holy catholic Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen

(Apostles Creed)

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Lord's Day 9 

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

That the eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who out of nothing created heaven and earth, with all that is in them,1 who still upholds and governs them by His eternal counsel and providence,2 is for the sake of Christ His Son my God and my Father;3 in whom I so trust, as to have no doubt that He will provide me with all things necessary for body and soul;4 and further, that whatever evil He sends upon me in this vale of tears He will turn to my good;5 for He is able to do so as Almighty God,6 and willing as a faithful Father.7

1 Gen 1-2; Ex 20:11; Job 38-39; Ps 33:6; Isa 44:24; Acts 4:24, 14:15; 2 Ps 104:27-30; Mt 6:30, 10:29; Eph 1:11; 3 Jn 1:12-13; Rom 8:15-16; Gal 4:4-7; Eph 1:5; 4 Ps 55:22; Mt 6:25-26; Lk 12:22-31; 5 Rom 8:28; 6 Gen 18:14; Rom 8:31-39; 7 Mt 6:32-33, 7:9-11