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...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Faith, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Salvation, Total Depravity
“Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:” (Ephesians 2:2) In this passage, Paul reminds believers at Ephesus of their former...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Law of God
“And the law is not of faith: but the man that doeth them shall live in them.” (Galatians 3:12) In his epistle to the Galatians, Paul makes a clear distinction between salvation by works (based on the law) and salvation by grace through faith in the gospel of Christ....
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Attributes of God, Faith
“In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began.” (Titus 1:2) Before time, before the world, before humanity, God promised eternal life. That promise came from His eternal will and unchanging truth. And this verse in Titus grounds...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Faith, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Total Depravity
“In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” (2 Corinthians 4:4) Unbelief is no small problem. In fact, Scripture presents it as...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Salvation
“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” (Hebrews 13:8) The message of the gospel—that Christ died for our sins and rose again for our justification—will never change because the Christ of the gospel never changes. He does not shift with the times....
