by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Covenant, Jesus Christ, Salvation, Sanctification
“I indeed baptize You with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize You with the Holy Ghost, and with fire.” (Matthew 3:11) The ministry of John the Baptist was powerful...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Covenant, Salvation
“Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.” (Jeremiah 50:34) The strength of our Redeemer is a source of deep comfort to the...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Man's Nature, Salvation, Sanctification
“And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.” (Genesis 15:6) Scripture tells us that those who lived prior to Christ’s death and resurrection came to be justified in the same way as those who hear and respond to the gospel...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Salvation
“And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people,...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Creation, Faith, Jesus Christ, Salvation, Son of God
“And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.” (Colossians 1:17) In Colossians 1, Paul carefully distinguishes a twofold preeminence belonging to Christ, necessary for guarding both His glory and the truth of the Gospel. The first preeminence is...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Salvation, Total Depravity
“For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh.” (Romans 8:3) The law of God is holy, just, and good. And as such, we are unable and...
