Question 12 of 118
How does God execute His decrees?
God executes His decrees in the works of creation and providence.
Scripture proofs
- Genesis 1:1
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
- Revelation 4:11
“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed and were created!”
- Matthew 6:26
See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?
- Acts 14:17
Yet he didn’t leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you rains from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.”
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible (public domain).
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- Q2. What is the chief end of man?
- Q3. How do we know there is a God?
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- Q5. How do we know that the Bible is the Word of God?
- Q6. May all men make use of the Scriptures?
- Q7. What do the Scriptures principally teach?
- Q8. What is God?
- Q9. Are there more gods than one?
- Q10. How many persons are there in the Godhead?
- Q11. What are the decrees of God?