Belgic Confession, Article 13 is a reminder that God’s providence reassures us that God leads and governs all in this world “according to his holy will…nothing happens in this world without his orderly arrangement.” Further, this Confession identifies that this “gives us unspeakable comfort since it teaches us that nothing can happen to us by chance but only by the arrangement of our gracious heavenly Father, who watches over us with fatherly care.in this thought we rest.”.
Through these thoughts, our trust in God is inspired. Yet, in a fallen world, God’s providential care is the source of great assurance, comfort and strength. And now “all spheres of life-family and friendship, work and worship school and state, play and art-bear the wounds of our rebellion” (paragraph 16). Our World Belongs to God continues to affirm that “God has not abandoned the work of his hands,” nevertheless “our world, fallen into sin, has lost its first goodness.” (paragraph 4).They lie in wait for the church and every member of it like thieves, with all their power, to destroy and spoil everything by their deceptions” (Article 12). In addition, “The devils and evil spirits are so corrupt that they are enemies of God and of everything good. Belgic Confession, Article 15 teaches that “…by the disobedience of Adam original sin has been spread through the whole human race…a corruption of the whole human nature.” As a result, God’s people are “guilty and subject to physical and spiritual death, having become wicked, perverse, and corrupt in all ways” (Article 14).The confessions demonstrate this perspective:
Difficult times occur in the lives and communities of God’s people because this is a fallen world.
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