by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ
“Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.” (Matthew 20:28) Matthew 20:28 beautifully captures the heart of Christ’s mission and the purpose of His first coming. And when we focus in on the...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Attributes of God, Covenant, Faith, Salvation
“Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.” (1 Thessalonians 1:4) In an attempt to understand the often overwhelming doctrine of election, we need not try to see it as God’s hidden will or a matter of uncovering His secret decrees. Rather, in seeking to know...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Attributes of God
“Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.” (Psa. 26:2) Our God is omniscient, which means he holds an infinitely perfect, divine, all-seeing understanding of himself and all things. 1 Samuel 2:3 says, “For the Lord is a God of knowledge.” His...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Faith, Total Depravity, Word of God
“A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.”(Proverbs 11:1) Proverbs 11:1 speaks to the integrity that God’s people must maintain in every aspect and facet of life. To that end, honesty, fairness, and diligence for truth should be...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Attributes of God, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Worship
“But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.” (Luke 11:28) Tucked inside this simple statement of Christ lies the key to the abundant life He promised those who believe and follow Him (John 10:10). We are “blessed,” Christ said,...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Covenant, Faith, Salvation
“In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” (1 John...
