providence
20 subentries
- providence (76:6.4) (118:10sec). See also accidents; circumstances; destiny; free will; spiritual influences
- all things work together for good (4:1.4,11) (10:7.5-6) (48:4.7) (54:4.7) (67:7.8) (67:8.4) (94:6.4) (118:10.18) (182:2.1)
- domain of Infinite Spirit and Supreme Being (4:1.10) (9:1.3)
- God many times thrusts a Father’s hand into human affairs (97:8.5) (118:10.6)
- historical teachings
- Egyptian teaching that prosperity was reward for serving El Shaddai (96:1.6)
- Hebraic belief in (98:7.5)
- Jews derived concept from Egyptians (95:2.1)
- Moses was believer in (96:5.4)
- pessimism of Ecclesiastes was reaction to overoptimistic belief in (97:8.2)
- shamans viewed as custodians of p. (90:2.10)
- inexorable function of other-than-personal overcontrol of universe (12:7.1) (118:10.4)
- interlocking activities of celestial beings who labor for honor of God and advancement of his children (4:1.1-2,7) (5:1.8) (9:2.3-5)
- intervention indicates importance of a person’s function with respect to some total (118:10.5)
- misunderstandings of providence
- catastrophes not visitations of p. (149:2.10)
- inexplicable things of life are termed mysterious dispensations of p. (85:0.4)
- most of what mortals call providential is not (118:10.9)
- partial and unpredictable (118:10.20-22)
- represents slow and sure emergence of Supreme (118:10.23)
- supinely trusting in a fictitious p. (178:1.14)
Cross-references
- See also accidents
- See also circumstances
- See also destiny
- See also free will
- See also spiritual influences
Cited alongside
Headwords that cite the same paragraphs as this one, commonest first. The number is how many subentries each has.
- circumstances 7
- goodness 49
- Supreme, the 172
- Universal Father 182
- accidents 17
- God 201
- religion 371
- spiritual influences 25