by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Covenant, Jesus Christ
“Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.” (James 5:11) The depths of God’s mercy and justice were displayed in their highest form when He did...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Law of God, Man's Nature, Total Depravity
“And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.” (Genesis 4:8) Cain’s murder of his brother Abel reveals the level of corruption every human heart is capable of....
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Law of God, Man's Nature, Total Depravity
“Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.” (Psalm 51:7) When a Christian sins grievously, two perilous chasms open before the soul: one is Despair and the other is Presumption. The first tempts the sinner to believe...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Law of God
“And the law is not of faith: but the man that doeth them shall live in them.” (Galatians 3:12) In his epistle to the Galatians, Paul makes a clear distinction between salvation by works (based on the law) and salvation by grace through faith in the gospel of Christ....
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Covenant, Faith, Word of God
“The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth forever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Attributes of God, Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature
“And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest: (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, ‘The Lord swore and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek’).” (Hebrews 7:20-21)...
