by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Total Depravity
“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.” (Matthew 23:15) In this passage in Matthew Christ denounces the scribes and Pharisees...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Godly Meditation, Law of God, Man's Nature
“In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.” (2 Timothy 2:25-26)...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Covenant, Faith, Law of God, Man's Nature
“Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.” (Ecclesiastes 12:7) Man is not only a body formed from the dust of the ground; he is also a living spirit breathed into him by the Creator. And when the appointed...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Covenant, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Total Depravity
“That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” (John 3:6) Scripture declares with sobering clarity that my nature, from the moment of my birth, is corrupted by sin. Psalm 51:5 says that I was “shapen in iniquity” and...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Faith, Law of God
“Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.” (Jonah 1:17) The narrative of Jonah and the whale is one we learn as young children in Sunday School because of the captivating nature of...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Salvation, Total Depravity
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23) The Apostle Paul’s declaration in Romans 3:23 stands as one of the clearest summaries of humanity’s universal condition before God: “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” In...
