by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Church, Covenant, Faith, Law of God, Man's Nature, Total Depravity
“Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.” (1 Corinthians 10:14) In his first letter to the believers at Corinth, Paul urges them to flee idolatry because it is a direct affront to the living God, as it transfers the honor due Him alone to something created....
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Church, Covenant, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Salvation
“But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.” (Exodus 13:18) When God brought His people out of Egypt, He did not lead them by way of the most direct route to...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Church, Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Salvation
“And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.” (Romans 9:26) Romans 9:26 is a beautiful demonstration of God’s mercy, love, and grace in action, “And it shall...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Church, Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ
“But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.” (Micah 4:1) What a treasure of hope is found in this...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Church, Covenant, Faith
“Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?” (Psalm 77:13) The varied and providential ways of God are often difficult to understand. One such example is how it often seems that God favors the wicked who prosper, and that He is against the...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Church, Covenant, Faith, Law of God
“Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.” (Proverbs 7:2) The Lord commands that His law be kept as “the apple of thine eye.” Speaking figuratively, this phrase indicates that we should cherish His law above all else. Moreover, the “apple...
