Question 21-22

 

[God the Father]

Question 21: Now, tell us the first part of the Apostles' Creed.


Answer: I believe in God the Father Almighty,

Latin: Credo in Deum Patrem omnipotentem,

English: I believe in God the Father Almighty.

 

The English translation is no different from the English Apostles' Creed we use today.


Question 22: Why do you call God "Father"?

Answer: It is the name by which Jesus Christ calls God (the Father). He is the eternal Word of God, begotten of God (the Father) from all eternity. Then, when He appeared in the world, He was acknowledged and known as the Son of God. From the fact that God is the Father of Jesus Christ, it follows that God is also our Father.

Jesus Christ is both the Son of Man and the Son of God. Jesus Christ died on the cross as a substitute, bearing all the sins of the first man's sinful body as the Son of Man, thus fulfilling what was planned before the foundation of the world. And as the Son of God, He was resurrected, sits at the right hand of God, and enters the hearts of the saints.

When the resurrected Jesus Christ enters the hearts of believers, those believers are called Christians. Therefore, since Jesus Christ calls God "Father," believers who enter into Jesus Christ can also call God "Father."

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