by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Church, Faith, Jesus Christ, Ministry, Salvation
“What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretense, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.” (Philippians 1:18) The gospel proclaims Jesus of Nazareth as the promised Messiah, the One in whom every...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Church, Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Repentance, Salvation, Son of God
“Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross.” (Colossians 2:14) In this passage in Colossians, Paul presents our guilt of sin using the image of a written...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Church, Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Salvation
“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” (Isaiah 53:6) The glory of the gospel shines most brightly in the work of Jesus Christ as the sinner’s Substitute....
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, Jesus Christ, Son of God, Worship
“And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” (Matthew 24:31) The return of Jesus Christ is the great hope of every believer, allowing us...
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...
