by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Attributes of God, Jesus Christ, Salvation
“Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering.” (Colossians 3:12) God’s people are not left to uncertainty or confusion concerning their place in His eternal purpose. He has chosen,...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Salvation, Total Depravity
“But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.” (1 Samuel 16:14) The story of Saul recorded in Scripture is wrought with spiritual lessons. First of all, he was granted privileges few ever possess. Chosen to be the first...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Faith, Jesus Christ, Salvation, Total Depravity
“And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie.” (2 Thessalonians 2:11) This passage is one of the most disturbing that we find in Scripture, for Paul is describing those whom God has already judged because they persist in...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Faith, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Salvation, Total Depravity
“Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:” (Ephesians 2:2) In this passage, Paul reminds believers at Ephesus of their former...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Salvation
“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” (Hebrews 13:8) The message of the gospel—that Christ died for our sins and rose again for our justification—will never change because the Christ of the gospel never changes. He does not shift with the times....
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Salvation
“That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.” (Galatians 3:14) As Galatians 3:14 explains, that age-old “blessing of Abraham” finds its fulfillment in time in Jesus...
