We believe in GOD THE FATHER, who is the first person of the Trinity, and who orders and disposes all things according to His own purpose and grace1. He is the Creator of all things2. As the only absolute and omnipotent ruler in the universe, He is sovereign in creation, providence, and redemption3.
His fatherhood involves both His designation within the Trinity and His relationship with mankind. As Creator He is Father to all men4, but He is Spiritual Father only to believers5. He has decreed for His own glory all things that come to pass6.
He continually upholds, directs, and governs all creatures and events7. In His sovereignty He is neither author nor approver of sin8, nor does He abridge the accountability of moral, intelligent creatures9. He has graciously chosen from eternity past those whom He would have as His own10; He saves from sin all those who come to Him; and He becomes, upon adoption, Father to His own11.
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