Question 11 of 118
What are the decrees of God?
The decrees of God are His eternal purpose, according to the counsel of His will, whereby for His own glory, He has fore-ordained whatsoever comes to pass.
Scripture proofs
- Ephesians 1:11
We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will,
- Romans 11:36
For of him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.
- Daniel 4:35
All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stop his hand, or ask him, “What are you doing?”
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible (public domain).
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