Talk:Providence
From “Tota Scriptura”, Joey Day’s personal Scripture topic index wiki
Definitions
- Providence
- “Providence may be defined as that continued exercise of the divine energy whereby the Creator preserves all his creatures, is operative in all that comes to pass in the world, and directs all things to their appointed end.” —Berkhof
- Providence
- “God is continually involved with all created things in such a way that he (1) keeps them existing and maintaining the properties with which he created them; (2) cooperates with created things in every action, directing their distinctive properties to cause them to act as they do; and (3) directs them to fulfill his purposes.” —Grudem
More passages
Not sure where to put this, but these are passages given in chapter 16 of Grudem’s “Systematic Theology”. I might need a new page for Providence.
- God ordains evil
- Gen 45:5; 50:20; Jdg 9:23; 14:1–4; 1Sa 2:25; 16:14; 2Sa 12:11–12; 16:11; 1Ki 11:14, 23; 22:23; Job 1:21; Pr 16:4; Isa 45:7; Lam 3:38; Eze 14:9; Amos 3:6; 2Th 2:11–12; 1Pe 2:8
- God hardens hearts
- Ex 4:21 (cf. Ex 7:3; 9:12; 10:20, 27; 11:10; 14:4, 8); Ex 14:17; Jos 11:20; Ps 105:25; Isa 63:17; Ro 9:18