by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Church, Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Salvation, Son of God, Worship
“But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, ‘O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?’” (Matthew 3:7) John the Baptist’s question recorded here in Matthew 3:7, addressed to those...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Salvation, Spiritual Warfare
“I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.” (Psalm 119:106) While salvation is wholly of grace, God’s children are called to diligently follow Christ, obey His Word, and pursue holiness. David’s words in this psalm express...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Man's Nature
“And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.” (Acts 2:42) Those early believers referenced in this second chapter of Acts realized that the ordinances of Christ were essential means through...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Salvation, Total Depravity
“Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth forever.” (1 Peter 1:23) Just as a newborn infant cannot effect its physical birth, believers cannot effect their “new birth.” Scripture makes it clear that...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Providence
“I know that thou canst do everything, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.” (Job 42:2) Job, one of the oldest books in the Bible, recounts the life of a godly man by the same name who, after a long period of suffering, questioning, and humbling,...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Bible Reading, Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Salvation, Word of God
“In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began.” (Titus 1:2) Our hope of eternal life, as this verse in Titus so beautifully reminds us, rests on one of the most comforting truths revealed in Scripture… that God cannot lie....
