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...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Salvation, Total Depravity
“Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.” (1 Thessalonians 1:4) The doctrine of election—that God has chosen certain individuals for salvation before the foundation of the world—offers believers a unique assurance. In 1 Thessalonians 1:4, Paul reminds the...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Church, Covenant, Faith, Man's Nature
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Man's Nature
“Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.” (Ecclesiastes 7:29) One of the most searching verses in all of Scripture is found in Ecclesiastes 7:29: “Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright;...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Creation, Faith, Jesus Christ, Salvation
“All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men.” (John 1:3-4) Scripture declares Christ as the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end (Rev. 1:8, 21:6, 22:13). It also testifies...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Law of God, Man's Nature, Prayer, Repentance, Salvation, Total Depravity
“Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.” (Ecclesiastes 7:29) The words of Solomon in this passage present a piercing summary of the human condition. In a single sentence he declares both the dignity of...
