by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Faith, Law of God, Man's Nature, Spiritual Warfare, Total Depravity
“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.” (1 John 3:2) The world we live in is marked by confusion and disorder, a result of the...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Covenant, Faith, Salvation
“For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.” (Acts 8:23) God’s liberating grace is the only key that can unlock the chains of sin’s bondage and free us from the bitterness and guilt of iniquity. John Flavel notes, “The grace...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Salvation
“In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began.” (Titus 1:2) The certainty of eternal life is not grounded in human optimism or religious imagination, but in the wisdom of God, who has chosen to give clear assurances of what He...
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, Covenant, Faith, Salvation
“But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.” (Psalm 86:15) This verse in Psalms beautifully showcases those attributes of God like compassion, grace, longsuffering, mercy, and truth which are...
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...
