by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Creation, Faith, Jesus Christ, Salvation, Son of God
“And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.” (Colossians 1:17) In Colossians 1, Paul carefully distinguishes a twofold preeminence belonging to Christ, necessary for guarding both His glory and the truth of the Gospel. The first preeminence is...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Man's Nature, Total Depravity
“This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.” (1 John 5:6) In 1 John 5:6, the Apostle declares, “This is he that came by water and blood,...
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 to not see it as God’s hidden will or a matter of uncovering His secret decrees. Rather, in seeking to know for...
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...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Worship
“Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob and glorified himself in Israel.”(Isaiah 44:23) This passage in Isaiah 44:23...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Attributes of God, Covenant, Jesus Christ, Salvation
“Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.” (Ephesians 1:5–6) Before the foundation of the...
