by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Man's Nature
“This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.” (Ecclesiastes 9:3) Ecclesiastes...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Law of God, Man's Nature, Providence, Repentance, Salvation, Spiritual Warfare
“But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead.” (2 Corinthians 1:9) The Lord often brings His people into deep and painful difficulties in order to loosen their confidence in created things and...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Man's Nature, Repentance, Salvation
“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Attributes of God, Church, Covenant, Jesus Christ, Salvation, Son of God
“I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.” (Isaiah 27:3) The care of God over His people is among the sweetest truths in Scripture. The Lord does not simply create, redeem, and then leave His people to...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Man's Nature
“Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.” (Isaiah 48:6) When Christ was born, heaven’s angels proclaimed, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith
“But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” (2 Peter 3:8) Faith, by its very nature, is a firm persuasion that God is true, that He cannot lie, cannot deceive, and cannot fail....
