Why wee cal God fa ther.
God Our Father by Creation and New Birth
The master asks why we call God Father, and the scholar answers that he is our Father both by creating us and by begetting us again through the Spirit unto eternal life.
Master. Why do you call God Father? Scholar. For two reasons: first, because he made us all in the beginning and gave us all life; the second is more significant, because through his Holy Spirit and through faith he has begotten us again, making us his children, giving us his kingdom and the inheritance of everlasting life with Jesus Christ, his own true and natural Son.
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Master. Why dost thou call God father:
Scholer. For two causes, the one, for that he made vs all at the beginning, and gaue life vnto vs all: the other is more weyghtye, for that by hys holy spirit and by faith he hath begottē vs agayne: makynge vs hys chyldren: gyuing vs hys kyngdome and the enheritaunce of lyf… euerlastynge, wyth Iesu Christ hys owne, trew, and naturall sonne.
John Ponet's Short Catechisme (1553) companion
Rule yourself daily, not just on retreat
Chosen Portion turns the mirror into a daily practice — a short reading and examining question each morning before you lead anyone.
Chosen Portion makes the mirror daily: the ruler-formation questions this collection preserves become a two-minute morning examination in the app.
- A daily formation reading drawn from centuries of counsel to those in authority
- One pointed examination question a day — two minutes, before the meetings start
- Track your practice over weeks and watch the examined life become a habit