Providence and Sin: I want us to consider the Display of God’s Providence and
Sovereignty in the lives of His Servants during unexplained times of suffering, and I would
like to start off by asking how the providence of God works in the context of man’s sin.
Does providence even come into play? Are the two in any way influential upon one
another? Or is there no way whatsoever in which the pure and holy providence of a
righteous God can be in direct contact with the low, mean and vile sin of man? Now
before we even do that, let us first consider what these two big words mean.
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We have seen thus far, that the Sabbath Institution or Lord’s Day is a creation ordinance
and that from the very beginning, right at the outset of creation, God set aside one day
in seven for worship and rest. This, God instituted, for all people everywhere and at all
times to observe. And we have also learnt that the first purpose of the Sabbath is given
that we may rest.
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After six days of forming and filling, God comes to the seventh day upon which He rests.
And we need to see that this seventh day was significantly different from all the others
that had gone before.
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There are times, dear friends, when we read the Word or when we sit under the preached Word, in which we are often confronted with certain principles which are true, but just “do not sit well with us”. Now what really matters at times such as these is how we respond to these truths that confront us. Do we re-evaluate our personal stance and see whether what we have believed up until now aligns with Scripture or not? Or do we willfully resist and cling to the false thing we have believed all our lives, and in so doing harden our hearts and fight God and others on these things?
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The basic presupposition of this passage before us
teaches that God will at times strike his servants to demonstrate unto them His great love
for them, and so to strip them of all that hinders His work in their lives. Or to use the words
of John Piper when he was here in 2010 at the Resolution Conference: “God will break your
bones if needs be, to minister to your heart.”
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