by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Attributes of God, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature
“Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.” (1 John 3:4) The third chapter of this first letter of John to the church is characterized by antitheses: the sinfulness of the Christian versus the sinlessness of Christ...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Faith, Law of God, Man's Nature
“If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.” (1 Corinthians 3:17) Scripture teaches that all true Christians belong entirely to God. What an amazing truth, indeed, that every Person of the Trinity...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Church, Covenant, Faith, Law of God
“Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.” (Proverbs 7:2) The Lord commands that His law be kept as “the apple of thine eye.” Speaking figuratively, this phrase indicates that we should cherish His law above all else. Moreover, the “apple...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Repentance, Salvation
“O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.” (Psalm 90:14) This Scripture captures the longing of the human heart for God’s mercy, a plea that reveals our deepest need for both His favor and His presence. It also urges us to seek...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Church, Covenant, Faith, Law of God, Man's Nature, Salvation, Total Depravity
“And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me.”(Deuteronomy 10:5) The Lord gave Israel His law, written on tables of stone, for a sign of His covenant with them. But...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Attributes of God, Law of God
“God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?” (Numbers 23:19) One of the strangest stories in Scripture is found in Numbers 22 and 23....
