Article 2 Part A: God the Father

There is one and only one living and true God. He is an intelligent, spiritual, and

personal Being, the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and Ruler of the universe. God is infinite in

holiness and all other perfections. God is all powerful and all knowing; and His perfect

knowledge extends to all things, past, present, and future, including the future decisions of His

free creatures. To Him we owe the highest love, reverence, and obedience. The eternal triune

God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but

without division of nature, essence, or being.

God the Father reigns with providential care over His universe, His creatures, and the

flow of the stream of human history according to the purposes of His grace. He is all powerful,

all knowing, all loving, and all wise. God is Father in truth to those who become children of God

through faith in Jesus Christ. He is fatherly in His attitude toward all men.