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Let us look at Calvin’s definition of providence. In order to do that, I will go through a number of steps. Calvin works on a definition. We can organize it beginning with this statement: “It is more than foreknowledge; it is government.” Providence is not simply God knowing beforehand what is going to happen.
PROVIDENCE (Lat. providentia, "foreseeing"). A term that in theology designates the continual care that God exercises over the universe He has created. This includes the two facts of preservation and government. The doctrine of providence is closely connected with that of creation.
PROVIDENCE means that He works through all things to fulfill and accomplish His purpose. It is an 'overwhelming' doctrine. We cannot escape the 'Providence of God'. His sovereign hand is over and through all things. This is the 'divine gasoline' by which all things unfold in history. And this is the 'backdrop' of the history of today's passage.
Oct 11, 2021 · The study guide on God’s Providence is now complete. You can access it here (Word doc, pdf) and use it for personal or group study. Introducing the study several months ago, I wrote: The scriptures paint a picture of a sovereign God ruling all events, moving all creation forward to His appointed end. This raises a multitude of questions: What ...
God’s works of providence are his most holy, wise, and powerful preserving, and governing all his creatures, ordering them, and all their actions, to his own glory.” (WSC 11 is very similar)
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Jun 24, 2023 · "Providence" is a word not specifically used of God in our English Bibles, but which expresses an idea which is clearly assumed in Scripture. Providence refers to that care, preservation, and government which God exercises over all things that He has created, so that they will accomplish the purposes He intends.
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This divine, sovereign, and benevolent control of all things by God is the underlying premise of everything that is taught in the Scriptures. A doctrine of providence appears in intertestamental Jewish and Greek thought, as well as in the Scriptures.
