by Adoring God | Dec 23, 2022 | Godly Meditation, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Salvation
“Even so faith, if it has not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, You have faith, and I have works. Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.” (James 2:17-18) What are the fruits of redemption and sanctification? In...
by Adoring God | Apr 21, 2022 | Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground,” (Luke 22:44). The grievous agony our Lord experienced under that dark blanket of night just prior to his arrest in Gethsemane’s Garden...
by Adoring God | Feb 17, 2022 | Attributes of God, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature
“Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.” (Romans 8:33) Consider for a moment, if you can, just what it means to be numbered among God’s elect! God’s Church – the bride of Christ – bears the honorable title of His elect. And...
by Adoring God | Jan 20, 2022 | Attributes of God, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Salvation
“And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our trespasses.” (Colossians 2:13) Pardon or forgiveness is the removal of original sin and guilt. Pardon cuts away the knot of...
by Adoring God | Jan 6, 2022 | Law of God, Man's Nature
“But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.” (Joshua 24:19) The backdrop for this passage in chapter 24 is Joshua’s farewell speech, or...
by Adoring God | Dec 31, 2021 | Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature
1 Samuel 3:13, “For I have told him, that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knoweth: because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.” It is highly offensive to God, and shows men to be very faulty, when they will not reform...
