by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Faith, Law of God, Man's Nature, Salvation, Total Depravity
“Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.” (Jeremiah 17:5) The people of Judah received repeated warnings from God concerning their rebellion, yet they didn’t listen. Specifically...
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 beauty, excellency, and supremacy of Christ does not simply flow from the reality that He is God, though He is. For as John tells us in his gospel, “In the beginning was the Word, and...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Salvation
“And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.” (Romans 1:23) God delivered Israel from Egyptian bondage not only because of what they suffered there as slaves, but...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Church, Faith, Law of God, Worship
“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.” (Genesis 1:26)...
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, Total Depravity
“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” (Romans 5:12) Paul lays out the doctrine of justification in Romans 5 by drawing a comparison between Adam and Christ—Adam as the...
