by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Church, Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Repentance, Salvation, Son of God
“Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross.” (Colossians 2:14) In this passage in Colossians, Paul presents our guilt of sin using the image of a written...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Repentance
“Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in His wrath, and the fire shall devour them.” (Psalm 21:9) Psalm 21:9 declares the certainty of the Lord’s vengeance on the enemies of Christ and His kingdom....
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Repentance, Salvation, Son of God, Word of God
“How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?” (2 Corinthians 3:8) God’s law, written and engraved in stones, possessed inherent glory because it came directly from God, revealed His righteousness, and declared His holy will. Yet it was...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Faith, Man's Nature, Repentance, Salvation, Total Depravity
“And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.” (Isaiah 13:11) The dominion of ancient Babylon, referenced often in the...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Faith, Jesus Christ, Man's Nature, Repentance, Salvation
“Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred; Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Jesus Christ, Repentance, Salvation, Total Depravity
“I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?” (Job 7:20) Job’s anguished cry pierces through the centuries and speaks directly to the human condition. When...
