by Adoring God | Feb 3, 2022 | Man's Nature
“It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.” (Proverbs 16:19) Scripture is full of scriptural Hebraisms called “chiasms” or “reversals”, like this verse in Matthew 20:16: “The last shall be first, and the first, last.”...
by Adoring God | Jan 27, 2022 | Jesus Christ, Man's Nature
“…so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints.” (1 Thessalonians 3:13) Just as a bride beams with beauty on her wedding day, the bride of Christ – His church of blood-bought...
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...
by Adoring God | Dec 2, 2021 | Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature
“… how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.” (Hebrews 9:14) No matter how “good” a person looks to the world, from God’s vantagepoint...
