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 not try to see it as God’s hidden will or a matter of uncovering His secret decrees. Rather, in seeking to know...
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 writes, “This is he that came by water and blood,...
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, Man's Nature, Salvation
“And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” (Ephesians 6:17) Beginning in verse 10 of Ephesians 6, Paul exhorts the believers at Ephesus to “be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.” And then he proceeds to...
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) This passage in Ephesians 1...
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) In Isaiah 44:23 we find a...
