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Are you troubled by the coronavirus? Are you struggling to make sense of it all and maintain a biblical perspective? What do the Scriptures have to say? Below is a list of resources found throughout the CPRC website that we hope will help.

We begin with comforting words from our confessions, the Heidelberg Catechism and the Belgic Confession, not because the creeds are more important than Scripture but because they accurately summarize the teachings found in the Bible, as shown by all of the proof texts below. Then we link to sermons, lectures, articles and pamphlets on pertinent topics such as the sovereignty of God, worry and the signs of the times.


(1) Our Confessions With Scriptural Proof

Heidelberg Catechism

Q. 1. What is thy only comfort in life and death?
A. That I with body and soul,1 both in life and death, am not my own,2 but belong
unto my faithful Savior Jesus Christ;3 who, with His precious blood,4 hath fully satisfied for all my sins,5 and delivered me from all the power of the devil;6 and so preserves me7 that without the will of my heavenly Father, not a hair can fall from my head;8 yea, that all things must be subservient to my salvation,9 and therefore, by His Holy Spirit, He also assures me of eternal life, and makes me sincerely willing and ready, henceforth, to live unto Him.

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1 1 Cor. 6:19-20 ~ 2 Rom. 14:7-9 ~ 3 1 Cor. 3:23 ~ 4 1 Pet. 1:18-19 ~ 5 1 John 1:7 ~ 6 1 John 3:8; Heb. 2:14-15 ~ 7 John 6:39; John 10:28-29 ~ 8 Luke 21:18 ~ Matt. 10:30 ~ 9 Rom. 8:28


Q. 27. What dost thou mean by the providence of God?
A. The almighty and everywhere present power of God,1 whereby, as it were by His hand, He upholds and governs heaven, earth, and all creatures;2 so that herbs and grass, rain and drought,3 fruitful and barren years, meat and drink,4 health and sickness,5 riches and poverty,6 yea, and all things come, not by chance, but by His fatherly hand.7
Q. 28. What advantage is it to us to know that God has created, and by His providence doth still uphold all things?
A. That we may be patient in adversity;8 thankful in prosperity;9 and that in all things which may hereafter befall us, we place our firm trust in our faithful God and Father,10 that nothing shall separate us from His love;11 since all creatures are so in His hand, that without His will they cannot so much as move.12

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1 Acts 17:25–28 ~ 2 Heb. 1:3 ~ 3 Jer. 5:24 ~ 4 Acts 14:17 ~ 5 John 9:3 ~ 6 Prov. 22:2; Job 1:21 ~ 7 Matt. 10:29; Matt. 10:30; Eph. 1:11 ~ 8 Rom. 5:3; Ps. 39:10 ~ 9 Deut. 8:10; 1 Thess. 5:18 ~ 10 Rom. 5:3-6 ~ 11 Rom. 8:38-39 ~ 12 Job 1:12; Job 2:6; Matt. 8:31; Isa. 10:15


Belgic Confession 13: Divine Providence.

We believe that the same God, after He had created all things, did not forsake them, or give them up to fortune or chance, but that He rules and governs them according to His holy will,1 so that nothing happens in this world without His appointment;2 nevertheless, God neither is the author of, nor can be charged with, the sins which are committed. For His power and goodness are so great and incomprehensible, that He orders and executes His work in the most excellent and just manner, even then when devils and wicked men act unjustly.3 And, as to what He doth surpassing human understanding, we will not curiously inquire into it farther than our capacity will admit of, but with the greatest humility and reverence adore the righteous judgments of God which are hid from us,4 contenting ourselves that we are disciples of Christ, to learn only those things which He has revealed to us in His Word, without transgressing these limits.

This doctrine affords us unspeakable consolation, since we are taught thereby that nothing can befall us by chance, but by the direction of our most gracious and heavenly Father,5 who watches over us with a paternal care, keeping all creatures so under His power that not a hair of our head (for they are all numbered), nor a sparrow, can fall to the ground without the will of our Father,6 in whom we do entirely trust; being persuaded that He so restrains the devil and all our enemies that, without His will and permission, they cannot hurt us.

And therefore we reject that damnable error of the Epicureans, who say that God regards nothing, but leaves all things to chance.

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1 John 5:17; Heb. 1:3; Prov. 16:4; Ps. 104:9ff.; Ps. 139:2ff.; ~ 2 James. 4:15; Job 1:21; 1 Kings 22:20; Acts 4:28; 1 Sam. 2:25; Ps. 115:3; Ps. 45:7; Amos 3:6; Deut. 19:5; Prov. 21:1; Ps. 105:25; Isa. 10:5-7; 2 Thess. 2:11; Eze. 14:9; Rom. 1:28; Gen. 45:8; Gen. 1:20; 2 Sam. 16:10; Gen. 27:20; Ps. 75:7, 8; Isa. 45:7; Prov. 16:4; Lam. 3:37-38; 1 Kings 22:34; 1 Kings 22:38; Ex. 21:13 ~ 3 Matt. 8:31-32; John 3:8 ~ 4 Rom. 11:33-34 ~ 5 Matt. 8:31; Job 1:12; Job. 2:6 ~ 6 Matt. 10:29-30

(2) Sermons, Lectures & Belgic Confession Classes

The Coronavirus

The Sovereignty of God

God’s Providence

Signs of the Times

Uncertainty

Comfort

Fear & Worry

(3) Articles

(4) Pamphlets

(5) Books & Audio/Visual

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