by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Faith, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Total Depravity
“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.” (Matthew 6:24) In this passage in Matthew 6, Christ does not say it is difficult to serve two...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Repentance, Salvation, Total Depravity
“Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward.” (Isaiah 38:8) Isaiah 38 recounts a miracle involving Ahaz’s sundial when the Lord caused the shadow to move backward—a thing contrary to the...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Attributes of God, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Salvation, Son of God
“He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.” (Daniel 3:25) This passage gives one of the sweetest displays in all of Scripture of Christ’s gracious...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Law of God, Salvation
“And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein; But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: Therefore thus saith the...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Faith, Law of God, Man's Nature, Salvation, Total Depravity
“And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again.” (Jeremiah 19:11) Deliberate continuance in sin and disobedience inevitably brings God’s...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Faith, Law of God, Total Depravity
“And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.” (Ephesians 4:30) Scripture teaches that sin in the life of a believer grieves the indwelling Holy Spirit. Such actions as prioritizing worldly desires over fellowship with God...