Section 46: Lord’s Day 46

Why hath Christ commanded us to address God thus: “Our Father?”

That immediately, in the very beginning of our prayer, he might excite in us a child-like reverence for, and confidence in God, which are the foundation of our prayer: namely, that God has become our Father in Christ,^a and will much less deny us what we ask of him in true faith, than our parents will refuse us earthly things.^b

1. a. Matthew 6:9

   Matthew 6:9

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2. b. Matthew 7:9–11; Luke 11:11; Isaiah 49:15

   Matthew 7:9–11

   Luke 11:11

   Isaiah 49:15

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Why is it here added, “Which art in heaven?”

Lest we should form any earthly conceptions of God’s heavenly majesty,^a and that we may expect from his almighty power all things necessary for soul and body.^b

1. a. Jeremiah 23:24

   Jeremiah 23:24

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2. b. Acts 17:24; Romans 10:12

   Acts 17:24

   Romans 10:12

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