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Q.12. What are the decrees of God?
A. God’s decrees are the wise, free, and holy decisions from the purposes of his will.[1] By them, from all eternity and for his own glory, he has unchangeably foreordained everything that happens in time,[2] and particularly those things that involve angels and human beings.
| 1. | Ephesians 1:4 | [4] even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love |
| Ephesians 1:11 | [11] In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, | |
| Romans 11:33 | [33] Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! | |
| Romans 9:14-15 | [14] What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means! [15] For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” | |
| Romans 9:18 | [18] So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills. | |
| 2. | Acts 4:27-28 | [27] for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, [28] to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place. |
| Romans 9:22-23 | [22] What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, [23] in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory— | |
| Psalms 33:11 | [11] The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations. |
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