What does your conclusion to this prayer [the doxology] mean?
Heidelberg Catechism
What does your conclusion to this prayer [the doxology] mean?
Gratitude
Question 128


Heidelberg Catechism
What does your conclusion to this prayer [the doxology] mean?
Gratitude
Question 128
Question
What does your conclusion to this prayer [the doxology] mean?
Answer
"For the kingdom and the power and the glory are yours forever" means: We have made all these petitions of you because, as our all-powerful king, you are both willing and able to give us all that is good;1 and because your holy name, and not we ourselves, should receive all the praise, forever.2
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