by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Jesus Christ, Man's Nature, Salvation
“These words spoke Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee.” (John 17:1) In the grand narrative of redemption, there is perhaps no moment more pivotal than the transition from...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Attributes of God, Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature
“Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.” (John 10:17) In God’s unfolding plan of redemption, He ordained His Son as the one and only Mediator between Himself and His people (1 Timothy 2:5). This truth was affirmed by...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Faith, Godly Meditation, Law of God, Man's Nature, Repentance, Salvation, Total Depravity
“Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.” (Ephesians 4:29) A passage of Scripture depicting the beauty of graceful speech in a metaphorical setting is that...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Man's Nature, Total Depravity
“This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.” (1 John 5:6) In 1 John 5:6, the Apostle writes, “This is he that came by water and blood,...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Attributes of God, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Worship
“But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.” (Luke 11:28) Tucked inside this simple statement of Christ lies the key to the abundant life He promised those who believe and follow Him (John 10:10). We are “blessed,” Christ said,...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Man's Nature, Salvation
“And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” (Ephesians 6:17) Beginning in verse 10 of Ephesians 6, Paul exhorts the believers at Ephesus to “be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.” And then he proceeds to...
