by Adoring God | Jan 28, 2021 | Attributes of God, Law of God, Salvation
“The LORD preserves all them that love Him…” (Psalm 145:20) One of the greatest assurances we have in Christ is that no one or no thing in heaven or on earth is strong enough to pry open God’s hand and take us from Him (John 10:28-29, 18:9). In Romans 8 the apostle...
by Adoring God | Jan 21, 2021 | Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Salvation
“The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression…” (Numbers 14:18) The grounds for drawing near to God are found in the promises of the Gospel and His Covenant of Grace. And from those many promises for pardon,...
by Adoring God | Jan 14, 2021 | Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Salvation
“But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.” (Romans 5:15) Paul draws a distinct parallel in...
by Adoring God | Jan 7, 2021 | Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature
“But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love…” (Nehemiah 9:17) The term pardon is a legal term meaning “to use executive power… to forgive a person convicted of a crime, thus removing any remaining...
by Adoring God | Dec 17, 2020 | Attributes of God, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Salvation
“…but God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8) This verse in Romans demonstrates the greatness of the love, mercy and grace that is in God, as it is the fountain of salvation to all His elect, and this is seen...
by Adoring God | Dec 9, 2020 | Attributes of God, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature
“…where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.” (Mark 9:48) Jesus represents the dreadful and endless torment of hell as a worm. Why a worm? In the torments of God’s hell there is a removal of all good that might make those there happy, and also...
