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title: 'Francis R. Beattie on How Christ as King Rules Over All For the Good of His Church'
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author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2022-09-22
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2022-francis-r-beattie-on-how-christ-as-king-rules-over-all-for-the-good-of-his-church
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# Francis R. Beattie on How Christ as King Rules Over All For the Good of His Church

“As king, Christ powerfully orders all things for his own glory, and for the good of his church and people. It is in this respect that he is head over all things to the church, which is his body, and of which body he is the head. Thus he rules over the realm of nature and in the sphere of providence. He is King of kings and Lord of lords. The cattle upon a thousand hills, and the silver and the gold, are his. He orders all the events of providence among men and among the nations of the earth in such a way as to truly further the interests of his kingdom, and at the same time to promote his glory in the world, and to secure the present and eternal welfare of the individual members of his kingdom. And thus it is that all things shall work for the good of his people, since the “all things” are in his hand. He is thus powerfully able to order them all for the good of those who love him, and who are the called according to his purpose. This fact cannot fail to greatly cheer the believer in his earthly pilgrimage.” — [Francis R. Beattie](/authors/francis-robert-beattie), *The Presbyterian Standards: An Exposition of the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms* (1896), pp. 157-158