Chatecism questions 11 and 12

Intro

Why do we do this

A slow walk to help us understand what we should believe

These parts build on each other

This week is no different

So lets remeber where we are

Q1. What is man's primary purpose? Man's primary purpose is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.

Q2. What authority from God directs us how to glorify and enjoy Him? The only authority for glorifying and enjoying Him is the Bible, which is the word of God and is made up of the Old and New Testaments.

Q3. What does the Bible primarily teach? The Bible primarily teaches what man must believe about God and what God requires of man.

Q4. What is God? God is a spirit, Whose being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth are infinite, eternal, and unchangeable.

Q5. Is there more than one God? There is only one, the living and true God.

Q6. How many persons are in the one God? Three persons are in the one God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three are one God, the same in substance and equal in power and glory.

Q7. What are the decrees of God? The decrees of God are his eternal plan, based on the purpose of His will, by which, for His own glory, He has foreordained everything that happens.

Q8. How does God carry out His decrees? God carries out His decrees in creation and providence.

Questions 9 and 10 talked about his creation

Now we get into his providence

Q11. What is God's providence? God's providence is His completely holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing every creature and every action.

Providence meaning

“the protective care of God or of nature as a spiritual power.”

So Gods protective care is his completely holy wise and powerful preserving and governing every creature and every action.

So how does he do this?

first it goes back to who God is

HE is creator

He is set apart (Holy)

He defines wisdom

He holds all the power over his creation

Psalm 145:17 ESV

17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works.

Isaiah 28:29 ESV

29 This also comes from the Lord of hosts; he is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.

or his working

Matthew 10:29 ESV

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.

A few things to note here

God is working

HIs protective care of his creation

His providence is continuing its active

He is always working it all out

He is governing everything

Even the small things

Matthew 5:45 ESV

45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Q12. What did God's providence specifically do for man whom He created? After the creation God made a covenant with man to give him life, if he perfectly obeyed; God told him not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil or he would die.