by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Law of God, Total Depravity
“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” (Romans 5:12) Paul lays out the doctrine of justification in Romans 5 by drawing a comparison between Adam and Christ—Adam as the...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Attributes of God, Covenant
“For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.” (Romans 11:29) A believer’s faith can be shaken and even deeply troubled. But doubt is not the same thing as loss. A cloud may cover the sun, yet the sun does not stop shining. So it is with true faith. Even...
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 | Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Salvation
“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” (Hebrews 13:8) The message of the gospel—that Christ died for our sins and rose again for our justification—will never change because the Christ of the gospel never changes. He does not shift with the times....
