by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Quiet Time
“Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.” (Romans 12:14) The world defines peace as an absence of adversity or opposition. Based on that definition, however, peace can only be enjoyed periodically because we all know adversity is a reality of life. True...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Jesus Christ, Total Depravity
“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)...
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 | 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 more intriguing verses in Scripture is found in Ecclesiastes 7:29, “Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Law of God
“Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry.”(Colossians 3:5) There has never been, nor will there ever be, a more perfect representation of a life of...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Attributes of God, Covenant
“That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us.” (Hebrews 6:18) In Hebrews 6, the Apostle Paul draws the believer’s attention to God’s...
