## Lord’s Day 9
### 26. Q. What do you believe when you say, “I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator 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,<sup>1</sup> who still upholds and rules them by his eternal counsel and providence,<sup>2</sup> is my God and Father for the sake of Christ his Son.<sup>3</sup> I trust God so much that I do not doubt he will provide whatever I need for body and soul,<sup>4</sup> and will turn to my good whatever adversity he sends upon me in this vale of tears.<sup>5</sup> He is able to do this because he is almighty God;<sup>6</sup> he desires to do this because he is a faithful Father.<sup>7</sup>

<sup>1</sup> [Gen. 1–2](/References/Bible/01%20-%20Genesis/Genesis1.md); [Ex. 20:11](/References/Bible/02%20-%20Exodus/Exodus20.md#11); [Ps. 33:6](/References/Bible/19%20-%20Psalms/Psalms33.md#6); [Isa. 44:24](/References/Bible/23%20-%20Isaiah/Isaiah44.md#24); [Acts 4:24](/References/Bible/44%20-%20Acts/Acts4.md#24); [14:15](/References/Bible/44%20-%20Acts/Acts14.md#15)
<sup>2</sup> [Ps. 104](/References/Bible/19%20-%20Psalms/Psalms104.md); [Matt. 6:30](/References/Bible/40%20-%20Matthew/Matthew6.md#30); [10:29](/References/Bible/40%20-%20Matthew/Matthew10.md#29); [Eph. 1:11](/References/Bible/49%20-%20Ephesians/Ephesians1.md#11)
<sup>3</sup> [John 1:12–13](/References/Bible/43%20-%20John/John1.md#12); [Rom. 8:15–16](/References/Bible/45%20-%20Romans/Romans8.md#15)
<sup>4</sup> [Ps. 55:22](/References/Bible/19%20-%20Psalms/Psalms55.md#22); [Matt. 6:25–26](/References/Bible/40%20-%20Matthew/Matthew6.md#25); [Luke 12:22–31](/References/Bible/42%20-%20Luke/Luke12.md#22)
<sup>5</sup> [Rom. 8:28](/References/Bible/45%20-%20Romans/Romans8.md#28)
<sup>6</sup> [Gen. 18:14](/References/Bible/01%20-%20Genesis/Genesis18.md#14); [Rom. 8:31–39](/References/Bible/45%20-%20Romans/Romans8.md#31)
<sup>7</sup> [Matt. 7:9–11](/References/Bible/40%20-%20Matthew/Matthew7.md#9)

