PROVIDENCE OF GOD

PROVIDENCE OF GOD, THE

  1. Is his care over his works # Ps 145:9
  2. IS EXERCISED IN 2a) Preserving his creatures

    # Ne 9:6 Ps 36:6 Mt 10:29

2b) Providing for his creatures # Ps 104:27,28 136:25 147:9 Mt 6:26 2c) The special preservation of saints # Ps 37:28 91:11 Mt 10:30 2d) Prospering saints # Ge 24:48,56 2e) Protecting saints # Ps 91:4 140:7 2f) Delivering saints # Ps 91:3 Isa 31:5 2g) Leading saints # De 8:2,15 Isa 31:5 2h) Leading saints # De 8:2,15 Isa 63:12 2i) Bringing His words to pass # Nu 26:65 Jos 21:45 Lu 21:32,33 2j) Ordering the ways of men # Pr 16:9 19:21 20:24 2k) Ordaining the conditions and circumstances of men # 1Sa 2:7,8 Ps 75:6,7 2l) Determining the period of human life # Ps 31:15 39:5 Ac 17:26 2m) Defeating wicked designs # Ex 15:9-19 2Sa 17:14,15 Ps 33:10 2n) Overruling wicked designs for good # Ge 45:5-7 50:20 Php 1:12 2o) Preserving the course of nature # Ge 8:22 Job 26:10 Ps 104:5-9 2p) Directing all events # Jos 7:14 1Sa 6:7-10,12 Pr 16:33 Isa 44:7 Ac 1:26 2q) Ruling the elements # Job 37:9-13 Isa 50:2 Joh 1:4,15 Na 1:4 2r) Ordering the minutest matters # Mt 10:29,30 Lu 21:18 3) Is righteous # Ps 145:17 Da 4:37 4) Is ever watchful # Ps 121:4 Isa 27:3 5) Is all pervading # Ps 139:1-5 6) Sometimes dark and mysterious # Ps 36:6 73:16 77:19 Ro 11:33 7) ALL THINGS ARE ORDERED BY 7a) For his glory # Isa 63:14 7b) For good to saints # Ro 8:28 8) The wicked made to promote the designs # Isa 10:5-12 Ac 3:17,18 9) TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED 9a) In prosperity # De 8:18 1Ch 29:12 9b) In adversity # Job 1:21 Ps 119:15 9c) In public calamities # Am 3:6 9d) In our daily support # Ge 48:15 9e) In all things # Pr 3:6 10) Cannot be defeated # 1Ki 22:30,34 Pr 21:30 11) Man’s efforts are vain without # Ps 127:1,2 Pr 21:31 12) SAINTS SHOULD 12a) Trust in # Mt 6:33,34 10:9,29-31 12b) Have full confidence in # Ps 16:8 139:10 12c) Commit their works to # Pr 16:3 12d) Encourage themselves # 1Sa 30:6 12e) Pray in dependence upon # Ac 12:5 12f) Pray to be guided by # Ge 24:12-14 28:20,21 Ac 1:24 13) Result of depending upon # Lu 22:35 14) Connected with the use of means # 1Ki 21:19 22:37,38 Mic 5:2 Lu 2:1-4 Ac 27:22,31,32 15) Danger of denying # Isa 10:13-17 Eze 28:2-10 Da 4:29-31 Ho 2:8,9