DP 243 Jehovah did not avert the worshiping of the golden calf

Divine Providence # 243 Explaining reasons people deny Divine Providence

“(3) That in the wilderness the Israelite nation worshiped the golden calf and acknowledged it as the God who had led them out of the land of Egypt, even though Jehovah saw this from Mount Sinai nearby and did not act to avert it”

Translated by N. Bruce Rogers for the General Church
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Read by the Rev. Judah Synnestvedt

DP 242 God did not prevent Cain from killing Abel

Divine Providence # 242 Explaining reasons people deny Divine Providence
“(2) That their first son, Cain, killed his brother Abel, and God did not deter him at the time by speaking to him, but only after the deed by cursing him”

Translated by N. Bruce Rogers for the General Church
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Read by the Rev. Judah Synnestvedt

DP 241 Adam and his wife allowed themselves to be seduced by the serpent, and God did not prevent it

Divine Providence # 241 Explaining reasons people deny Divine Providence

“(1) That the wisest of mankind, Adam and his wife, allowed themselves to be seduced by the serpent, and that God did not by His Divine Providence prevent it.”

Translated by N. Bruce Rogers for the General Church
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Read by the Rev. Judah Synnestvedt

DP 239 “Why Does Divine Providence—if it exists—now reveal these things for the first time?”

Divine Providence # 239
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DP 237 Four reasons why the worshiper of self and nature confirms himself against Divine Providence

Divine Providence # 237
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DP 234 Laws of Permission Are Also Laws of Divine Providence

Divine Providence # 234 introducing the twelfth chapter, “Laws of Permission Are Also Laws of Divine Providence”
Translated by N. Bruce Rogers for the General Church
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Read by the Rev. Judah Synnestvedt