Q18: What are God's works of providence?
A18: God's works of providence are his most holy,[1] wise,[2] and powerful preserving [3] and governing [4] all his creatures; ordering them, and all their actions,[5] to his own glory.[6]
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- (Psa 145:17) The LORD is righteous in all His ways And kind in all His deeds.
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- (Psa 104:24) O LORD, how many are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all; The earth is full of Your possessions.
- (Isa 28:29) This also comes from the LORD of hosts, Who has made His counsel wonderful and His wisdom great.
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- (Heb 1:8) But of the Son He says, "YOUR THRONE, O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER, AND THE RIGHTEOUS SCEPTER IS THE SCEPTER OF HIS KINGDOM.
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- (Psa 103:19) The LORD has established His throne in the heavens, And His sovereignty rules over all.
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- (Mat 10:29-31) "Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. "But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. "So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.
- (Gen 45:7) "God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.
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- (Rom 11:36) For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.
- (Isa 43:14) Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, "For your sake I have sent to Babylon, And will bring them all down as fugitives, Even the Chaldeans, into the ships in which they rejoice.
