Sondag 46
Vraag 120: Waarom het Christus ons beveel om God as “Ons Vader” aan te spreek? Antwoord: Om ons van die begin van ons gebed af op God se vaderlike goedheid te laat vertrou¹, wat Hy vir ons deur Christus ons Here is², en om van Hom niks anders te verwag as wat ‘n goeie vader vir sy kinders voorsien nie³.
Skrifverwysings: 1: Matteus 7:9-11 2: Johannes 1:12-13 3: Psalm 103:13; Matteus 6:8
Vraag 121: Waarom word bygevoeg: “Wat in die hemele is”? Antwoord: Sodat ons nie van God aards moet dink nie¹, en dat ons sy almagtigheid van alles verwag².
Skrifverwysings: 1: Jeremia 23:23-24; Handelinge 17:24-25 2: Romeine 10:12
Lord’s Day 46
Question 120: Why has Christ commanded us to address God as “Our Father”? Answer: To awaken in us at the very beginning of our prayer that childlike reverence and trust toward God which should be the basis of our prayer,¹ namely, that God has become our Father through Christ,² and will much less deny us what we ask of Him in faith than our fathers would refuse us earthly things.³
Scripture References: 1: Matthew 7:9-11 2: John 1:12-13 3: Psalm 103:13; Matthew 6:8
Question 121: Why is there added: “Who art in heaven”? Answer: That we might have no earthly conception of the heavenly majesty of God,¹ and that we may expect from His almighty power all things needed for body and soul.²
Scripture References: 1: Jeremiah 23:23-24; Acts 17:24-25 2: Romans 10:12