What do we mean by the words “Heaven and Earth”?

By the words “heaven and earth” we mean everything that God has created, both the visible and the invisible.

Col. 1:16: By him were all things created that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible.

What do we confess with the words “Almighty, maker of heaven and earth”?

With the words “Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth”, we confess that God the Father has through His Word created everything from nothing. At the same time we believe that God was able to create the world in the manner and in the amount of time revealed in the Bible.

Gen. 1:1: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Ps.33:9: For He spake, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.

Heb. 11:3: Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

Assignments: Read Gen. 1: the Creation of the world. Consider: What is the difference between the Biblical account of Creation and the theory of evolution?

Why do we call God´s First Person, Father?

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. What does this mean? I believe that God has made me and all creatures; that He has given me my body and soul, eyes, ears, and all my members, my reason and all my senses, and still preserves them; also clothing and shoes, meat and drink, house and home, wife and children, fields, cattle, and all my goods; that He richly and daily provides me with all that I need to support this body and life; that He defends me against all danger, and guards and protects me from all evil; and all this purely out of fatherly, divine goodness and mercy, without any merit or worthiness in me; for all which it is my duty to thank and praise, to serve and obey Him. This is most certainly true.

We call God’s First Person Father because He is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ and also our true Father.

Is. 63:16: Thou, O Lord, art our Father.

Joh. 20:17: I ascend unto my Father, and your Father, and to my God, and your God.