by Adoring God | Feb 17, 2022 | Attributes of God, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature
“Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.” (Romans 8:33) Consider for a moment, if you can, just what it means to be numbered among God’s elect! God’s Church – the bride of Christ – bears the honorable title of His elect. And...
by Adoring God | Feb 10, 2022 | Attributes of God, Jesus Christ, Man's Nature
“…for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.” (Philippians 2:13) As a child of God, we cannot originate or express any aspect of spirituality – grace, faith, love, spiritual power, etc. – on our own. The presence and expression of...
by Adoring God | Feb 3, 2022 | Man's Nature
“It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.” (Proverbs 16:19) Scripture is full of scriptural Hebraisms called “chiasms” or “reversals”, like this verse in Matthew 20:16: “The last shall be first, and the first, last.”...
by Adoring God | Jan 27, 2022 | Jesus Christ, Man's Nature
“…so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints.” (1 Thessalonians 3:13) Just as a bride beams with beauty on her wedding day, the bride of Christ – His church of blood-bought...
by Adoring God | Jan 20, 2022 | Attributes of God, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Salvation
“And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our trespasses.” (Colossians 2:13) Pardon or forgiveness is the removal of original sin and guilt. Pardon cuts away the knot of...
