by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Church, Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Spiritual Warfare
“And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels… And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world.” (Revelation 12:7-9) The Christian...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Attributes of God, Jesus Christ, Spiritual Warfare
“The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song will I praise him.” (Psalm 28:7) The believer’s greatest battles are not fought on visible fields, nor with earthly weapons. Rather...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Law of God, Man's Nature, Providence, Repentance, Salvation, Spiritual Warfare
“But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead.” (2 Corinthians 1:9) The Lord often brings His people into deep and painful difficulties in order to loosen their confidence in created things and...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Bible Reading, Spiritual Warfare
“And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb… And Nathan said...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Faith, Law of God, Man's Nature, Spiritual Warfare, Total Depravity
“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.” (1 John 3:2) The world we live in is marked by confusion and disorder, a result of the...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Law of God, Man's Nature, Spiritual Warfare, Total Depravity
“But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?” (Acts 5:3) The sin of Ananias is a solemn warning that though Satan tempts, man himself sins. In this passage Peter does not excuse...
