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Lesson 8 for February 23, 2013
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[Jesus] who being the brightness of His glory andthe express image of His person, and UPHOLDINGALL THINGS BY THE WORD OF HIS POWER, when
He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at theright hand of the Majesty on high (Hebrews 1:3)
How does that verse refute the next human philosophies?
1. Deism. God created the universe and its laws and then got out of it.2. Pantheism. God and the universe are one only thing.
3. Panentheism. God inhabits the universe as if it was His own body.
Although God has created laws that
rule the universe, it cannot exist
without Jesus sustaining power.
God and the universe are different
thingsGod is the Creator and the
universe is His creation. God cares
about the universe and lovingly
sustains it.
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I lay down and
slept; I awoke, forthe Lord sustainedme (Psalm 3:5)
By You I have been upheld from birth; you are Hewho took me out of my mothers womb. My praise shallbe continually of You (Psalm 71:6)
Fear not, for I am with you; be notdismayed, for I am your God. I willstrengthen you, yes, I will help you, I willuphold you with My righteous right hand
(Isaiah 41:10)
Knowing that Jesus sustains this huge universe is comforting but what about me?
Does God sustain every person individually?
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God furnishes the matter and the properties with which to carry
out His plans. He employs His agencies that vegetation may
flourish. He sends the dew and the rain and the sunshine, that
verdure may spring forth, and spread its carpet over the earth;
that the shrubs and fruit trees may bud and blossom and bring
forth. It is not to be supposed that a law is set in motion for the
seed to work itself, that the leaf appears because it must do so of
itself. God has laws that He has instituted, but they are only the
servants through which He effects results. It is through the
immediate agency of God that every tiny seed breaks through theearth, and springs into life. Every leaf grows, every flower blooms,
by the power of God.
The physical organism of man is under the supervision of God; but
it is not like a clock, which is set in operation, and must go of itself.
The heart beats, pulse succeeds pulse, breath succeeds breath, but
the entire being is under the supervision of God. Ye are Godshusbandry, ye are Gods building (1 Corinthians 3:9). In God we live
and move and have our being. Each heartbeat, each breath, is the
inspiration of Him who breathed into the nostrils of Adam the
breath of lifethe inspiration of the ever-present God, the great I
AM
E.G.W. (Selected Messages, vol. 1, p. 294)
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Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and breadfor food, SUPPLY and multiply the seed you have sown
and increase the fruits of your righteousness (2 Corinthians9:10)
The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, andthere He put the man whom He had formed. And outof the ground the Lord God made every tree grow
that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. Thetree of life was also in the midst of the garden, andthe tree of the knowledge of good and evil(Genesis 2:8-9)
When Jesus created everything, He also provided the food for His
creatures; seeds and fruits for man and green herbs for the
animals (Gn. 1:29-30)
Jesus still provides for the needs of each of His children,
He also provided a place where man could
live, work and rest (Gn. 2:8-15)
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Who has ascended into heaven, or descended?Who has gathered the wind in His fists?Who has bound the waters in a garment?Who has established all the ends of the earth?What is His name, and what is His Sons name, if you know?(Proverbs 30:4)
If Jesus controls the wind and the waters, why are there
hurricanes that destroy properties and kill people and
animals? Are they out of His control?
As we studied in previous lessons, the answer to that question
is related to evil. Evil entered the world and it didnt only
affected man; the whole creation groans
(Romans 8:22)
We must accept this answer by faith, Every word of God is
pure (Proverbs 30:5). God allows some consequences of evil
in His infinite wisdom until He will make all things new
(Revelation 21:5)
Just like Job, we cannot explain nor understand evil. We just
can accept the way God works and trust His care.
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While appearing to the children of men as a great physician who
can heal all their maladies, he will bring disease and disaster, until
populous cities are reduced to ruin and desolation. Even now he is
at work. In accidents and calamities by sea and by land, in great
conflagrations, in fierce tornadoes and terrific hailstorms, in
tempests, floods, cyclones, tidal waves, and earthquakes, in every
place and in a thousand forms, Satan is exercising his power. He
sweeps away the ripening harvest, and famine and distress follow.He imparts to the air a deadly taint, and thousands perish by the
pestilence. These visitations are to become more and more
frequent and disastrous. Destruction will be upon both man and
beast. The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the haughty
people ... do languish. The earth also is defiled under theinhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws,
changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. Isaiah
24:4, 5
E.G.W. (The Great Controversy, cp. 37, pg. 589)
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Evil affects nature, but God still keeps sustaining it and managing it as its Master
and Creator.
Lets see how He used the wind He gathered the wind in His fists (Pv. 30:4),
He brought a windto dry the waters
from the Flood (Gn.
8:1)
He brought a windthat carried the
plague of locusts to
Egypt (Ex. 10:13)
He brought a windthat carried quailsto feed the people
of Israel at thedesert (Nm. 11:31)
He appeared toElijah within a
gentle wind (1K.
19:12)
There are many examples in the Bible of how God can
still manage nature at His will,
He stopped the
sun so a day could
last for almost 48
hours (Jos. 10:13)
He stopped the
waters of the Red
Sea and the Jordan
River (Ex. 14:21;Jos. 3:16; 2K. 2:8)
He filled the desert
with water so the
people of Israel
could drink (2K.3:17)
He moved the sun
10 degrees back
(2K. 20:11)
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Uphold my steps inYour paths, that my
footsteps may notslip (Psalm 17:5)
Cast your burdenon the Lord, andHe shall sustainyou; He shall
never permit therighteous to be
moved (Psalm 55:22)
If I say, My footslips, Your mercy, OLord, will hold me up
(Psalm 94:18)
If God sustains nature despite the evil that affects it, can He sustain us
despite the sin that affects us?
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Despite sin, God provided for the needs of Adam and Eve by using His ownhands, Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, and
clothed them (Genesis 3:21)
And do not seek what youshould eat or what you shoulddrink, nor have an anxious mind.For all these things the nations
of the world seek after, andyour Father knows that youneed these things. But seek thekingdom of God, and all thesethings shall be added to you(Luke 12:29-31)
That is why He invites us to trust Him; He will
provide for the needs of each of us.