Question 21 of 61
A Catechism for Babes, or, Little Ones
What other workes doth God, besides his making of all things?
Answer
God upholds, and preserves all; and God governes, and orders all things (; ; ; ; ).
Read the 5 proof texts (KJV)
- Isaiah 40:26, 29
- 26Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth. 29He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
- Psalm 135:6
- Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.
- Psalm 36:6
- Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
- Matthew 10:29-30
- 29Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. 30But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
- Ephesians 1:11
- In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: