by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Church, Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Salvation, Son of God, Worship
“But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, ‘O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?’” (Matthew 3:7) John the Baptist’s question recorded here in Matthew 3:7, addressed to those...
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...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Church, Covenant, Faith, Law of God, Man's Nature, Salvation, Total Depravity
“And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me.”(Deuteronomy 10:5) The Lord gave Israel His law, written on tables of stone, for a sign of His covenant with them. But...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Church, Covenant, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Ministry, Salvation
“And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.” (John 6:39-40) One of the strongest assurances of the continuance of our salvation in all of Scripture is this:...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Church, Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Man's Nature, Worship
“In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will.” (Ephesians 1:11) The believer’s inheritance is not a future hope resting on uncertain conditions, but a...