Providence
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· 13 viewsThe continuing and often unseen activity of God in sustaining his universe, providing for the needs of every creature, and preparing for the completion of his eternal purposes.
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God’s general providence
God’s general providence
God sustains the created order
God sustains the created order
A promise given by God to all peoples.
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All life is dependent on God
All life is dependent on God
I command you, in the sight of God who gives life to all things and Christ Jesus who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate,
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God controls the elements
God controls the elements
who covers the heavens with clouds,
who provides rain for the earth,
who causes grass to grow on the mountains.
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God provides for the created world
God provides for the created world
The eyes of all look hopefully to you,
and you give them their food in due time,
opening your hand,
and satisfying the desire of every living creature.
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God’s providence through miraculous means
God’s providence through miraculous means
God’s regular activity in providing for human beings is regarded as being miraculous in just the same way as special demonstrations of his power.
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God’s providence in human history
God’s providence in human history
God’s control of human intentions
God’s control of human intentions
Are you not from of old,
O Yahweh my God, my Holy One?
You shall not die.
O Yahweh, you have marked them for judgment;
O Rock, you have established them for reproof.
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God’s providential actions on behalf of individuals
God’s providential actions on behalf of individuals
And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose,
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God’s saving purposes fulfilled through providence
God’s saving purposes fulfilled through providence
As for you, you planned evil against me, but God planned it for good, in order to do this—to keep many people alive—as it is today.
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God’s providence prepares for the completion of his ultimate purpose
God’s providence prepares for the completion of his ultimate purpose
God is forming a people for himself
God is forming a people for himself
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
“Behold, the dwelling of God is with humanity,
and he will take up residence with them,
and they will be his people
and God himself will be with them.
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God will bring all things under Jesus Christ’s authority
God will bring all things under Jesus Christ’s authority
making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he purposed in him, for the administration of the fullness of times, to bring together all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in him
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God will complete his purpose for creation
God will complete his purpose for creation
For the creation has been subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be set free from its servility to decay, into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
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God directs all things for his glory
God directs all things for his glory
For from him and through him and to him are all things.
To him be glory for eternity! Amen.
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