Lord's Day 10
27 Q. What do you understand by the providence of God?
A. The almighty and ever present power of God
by which God upholds, as with his hand,
heaven and earth and all creatures,
and so rules them that
leaf and blade,
rain and drought,
fruitful and lean years,
food and drink,
health and sickness,
prosperity and poverty--
all things, in fact,
come to us not by chance but from his fatherly hand.
Scripture References: Jer. 23:23-24, Acts 17:24-28,
Heb. 1:3
Jer. 5:24; Acts 14:15-17; John 9:2; Prov. 22:2
Prov. 16:33
Matt. 10:29
28 Q. How does the knowledge of God's creation and providence help us?
A. We can be patient when things go against us,
thankful when things go well,
and for the future we can have
good confidence in our faithful God and Father
that nothing in creation will separate us from his love.
For all creatures are so completely in God's hand
that without his will
they can neither move nor be moved.
Scripture References:
Job 1:21-22; James 1:3;
Deut. 8:1; 1 Thess. 5:18;
Ps. 55:22; Rom. 5:3-5; 8:38-39;
Job 1:12; 2:6; Prov 21:1; Acts 17:24-28
