Of Predestination and Providence

Just how important is the first commandment? The first commandment establishes the biblical world and life view. If there is only one God, and if he is the LORD, then all power and authority and dominion belong to him. This is HIS world: he made it; it did not make itself. God can do whatever he wants with what he has made. That God PLANS what he does in the world is called PREDESTINATION. That he accomplishes what he planned - the outworking of his plan in human history - is called PROVIDENCE...