by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Attributes of God, Creation
“For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.” (Acts 17:28) The dependence of all creation upon the Creator is constant, absolute, and universal. Every breath and every movement of every...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Creation, Law of God, Man's Nature, Total Depravity
“In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.” (Genesis 3:19) The sentence pronounced on Adam in Genesis 3 reveals the bitter effects of...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Creation, Spiritual Warfare
“For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.” (Romans 8:22) Everywhere we turn, we see evidence of the fall—decay, suffering, conflict, and death. Creation itself seems to testify that it was never intended to remain under...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Attributes of God, Creation, Jesus Christ, Salvation
“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love.” (Ephesians 1:4) Before the foundation of the world, before any creature had acted either well or ill, God chose His...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Creation, Faith, Man's Nature, Total Depravity
“And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.” (Ephesians 4:24) In this fourth chapter of his letter to the Ephesians, Paul instructs the believers at Ephesus to “put on the new man.” Putting on the new man is the...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Creation, Providence
“Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields.” (Job 5:10) Rain is a fairly ordinary event. Yet it bears the mark of divine wisdom and greatness. We can observe the wind, temperature, clouds, and other secondary causes connected with...
