94 – Laws of Nature

LAWS OF NATURE

§ 94. The laws of nature are under divine providence a curb and bar to the perverse will of man or to the execution of his evil purposes, forasmuch as man, though he may in a measure govern or modify natural objects or control natural forces, can never change or control the laws of nature,1 but can make nature subservient to his purposes only in accordance to the physical laws laid down by the Creator.2

1. The laws of nature are under divine providence a curb and bar to the perverse will of man or to the execution of his evil purposes, forasmuch as man, though he may in a measure govern or modify natural objects or control natural forces, can never change or control the laws of nature,

Job 38, Genesis 1 and Genesis 2.

2. but can make nature subservient to his purposes only in accordance to the physical laws laid down by the Creator.

  Psalm 104:24 O Lord, how manifold are Thy works! in wisdom hast Thou made them all: the earth is full of Thy riches.

  Matthew 5:36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

  Job 34:13–15 Who hath given Him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world? If He set His heart upon man, if He gather unto Himself his spirit and his breath; all flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.