Playlist: The Providence of God (sermon series)
John W. Ritenbaugh
The Providence of God (Part One)
God's MiraclesCalamities, trials, anxiety, evil, and calamities, as well as blessings, happen to Christians in order to become fashioned and molded into God's image.
The Providence of God (Part Two)
God: Creator and DestroyerEven when we exercise free moral agency, God engineers circumstances and outcomes so that we are virtually forced to make the right decision.
The Providence of God (Part Three)
God's ProvidenceWe have to exercise faith, realizing the timing will be right for us, enabling us to accept His provisions and decisions for us without fear or anxiety.
The Providence of God (Part Four)
All Things Work Together for GoodWe must learn to let God provide blessings rather than, through crafty scheming life our forefather Jacob, grabbing them from others for themselves.
The Providence of God (Part Five)
A Scattered ChurchGod uses calamities as part of His creative process. Like Jacob, who initially succumbed to weak faith and fear, we must repent of our loss of devotion to God.
The Providence of God (Part Six)
Jacob's ExampleA spiritual Israelite undergoes a metamorphosis in which his own self-centered will is broken so that God's creative work can be completed within him.
The Providence of God (Part Seven)
ProvidenceJesus and Abraham rose above their emotional pulls by exercising living faith—a faith built on acts of obedience. Faith can never be separated from works.