by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Quiet Time
“Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.” (Romans 12:14) The world defines peace as an absence of adversity or opposition. Based on that definition, however, peace can only be enjoyed periodically because we all know adversity is a reality of life. True...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Faith, Man's Nature, Salvation
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” (1 Peter 1:3) Peter begins his first epistle in praise to “the God and Father...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Jesus Christ, Total Depravity
“And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest: (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, ‘The Lord swore and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek’).” (Hebrews 7:20-21)...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Salvation, Total Depravity
“Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.” (1 Thessalonians 1:4) The doctrine of election—that God has chosen certain individuals for salvation before the foundation of the world—offers believers a unique assurance. In 1 Thessalonians 1:4, Paul reminds the...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Jesus Christ
“But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.”(Isaiah 53:5) In all of human history, the spotless life and sacrificial death of Christ is untouched and...
