All flesh is like grass, and all their glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was preached to you.

That the eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who out of nothing created heaven and earth and everything in them, who still upholds and rules them by his eternal counsel and providence, is my God and Father because of Christ his Son... He is able to do this because he is almighty God; he desires to do this because he is a faithful Father.