Question 22 of 61
A Catechism for Babes, or, Little Ones
Why doth the Lord uphold, preserve, and govern all things in Heaven and Earth?
Answer
God doth all for his own glory, and for his peoples good (; ; ).
Read the 3 proof texts (KJV)
- Romans 11:36
- For of him, and through him, and to him, [are] all things: to whom [be] glory for ever. Amen.
- Genesis 1:26, 28
- 26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
- Romans 8:28
- And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.