Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Lord's Day 10, Question 27... What dost thou mean by the providence of God?

 

Heidelberg Catechism (1563)

Lord's Day 10

Question 27:
What dost thou mean by the providence of God?

Answer 27:
The almighty and everywhere present power of God (1), whereby, as it were by His hand, He upholds and governs heaven, earth, and all creatures (2); so that herbs and grass, rain and drought (3), fruitful and barren years, meat and drink (4), health and sickness (5), riches and poverty (6), yea, and all things come, not by chance, but by His fatherly hand (7).

1. Acts 17:25-28
2. Hebrews 1:3
3. Jeremiah 5:24
4. Acts 14:17
5. John 9:3
6. Proverbs 22:2, Job 1:21
7. Matthew 10:29-30, Ephesians 1:11

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Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.
Study, Ponder, Labor, till last Breath.

Is 1:18 / Mt 5:9 / 2 Tm 2:15 / Cl 3:23