<P> While the providence of God usually refers to his activity in the world, it also implies his care for the universe, and is thus an attribute . Although the word is not used in the Bible to refer to God, the concept is found in verses such as Acts 17: 25, which says that God "gives all men life and breath and everything else" (NIV). </P> <P> A distinction is usually made between "general providence," which refers to God's continuous upholding the existence and natural order of the universe, and "special providence," which refers to God's extraordinary intervention in the life of people . </P> <P> The righteousness of God may refer to his holiness, to his justice, or to his saving activity . A notable occurrence of the word is in Romans 1: 17 - "for in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed" (NIV). Martin Luther grew up believing that this referred to an attribute of God - namely, his distributive justice . Luther's change of mind and subsequent interpretation of the phrase as referring to the righteousness which God imputes to the believer was a major factor in the Protestant Reformation . More recently, however, scholars such as N.T. Wright have argued that the verse refers to an attribute of God after all - this time, his covenant faithfulness . </P> <P> The simplicity of God means he is not partly this and partly that, but that whatever he is, he is so entirely . It is thus related to the unity of God . Grudem notes that this is a less common use of the word "simple" - that is, "not composed of parts". Grudem distinguishes between God's "unity of singularity" (in that God is one God) and his "unity of simplicity". </P>

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