by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Faith, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature
“And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.”(Colossians 1:17) The perfectly faceted beauty, excellency, and supremacy of Christ does not simply flow from the reality that He is God, though He is. As John tells us in his gospel, “In the beginning was...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”(James 1:17) The ebb and flow of the believer’s walk with the Lord is a dynamic interplay between attempts to...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Bible Reading, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Salvation, Word of God
“Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.” (Romans 3:2) In his letter to the Romans, Paul raises a poignant question: What truly sets the Jew apart from the Gentile? Amidst the debates and the pride of the Jewish community in...
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 | 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 has committed some notable sin, there immediately opens before him two dangerous gulfs ready to swallow him up: one is Despair, the other,...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Total Depravity
“For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Jude 1:4) Jude’s warning from our text is a...
