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