by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Man's Nature, Salvation, Sanctification
“Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart.” (Proverbs 3:3) The Lord requires that mercy and truth possess the heart and govern the life of His children. These inward graces must therefore be...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Salvation
“And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation.” (Acts 17:26) No one arrives where they are by chance. One’s birth, family, nation,...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Covenant, Faith, Godly Meditation, Jesus Christ, Salvation, Sanctification, Worship
“His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.” (Matthew 25:21) The “joy of the Lord” that awaits the believer is...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Man's Nature, Salvation
“And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.” (Luke 16:17) The words of Christ in this passage cause us to consider a phenomenal truth—that heaven and earth, which appear so fixed and enduring to our eyes, are not as permanent as...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Faith, Salvation
“For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” (2 Corinthians 4:6) The same God who once spoke light into existence at the creation of the...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Attributes of God, Covenant, Faith, Salvation, Total Depravity
“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love.” (Ephesians 1:4) Before the foundations of the earth were laid, before the heavens were stretched out by the hand of God, before sin...
