by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Faith, Law of God, Total Depravity
“And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.” (Ephesians 4:30) Scripture teaches that sin in the life of a believer grieves the indwelling Holy Spirit. Such actions as prioritizing worldly desires over fellowship with God...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Faith, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Sanctification, Spiritual Warfare, Total Depravity, Word of God
“Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.” (Romans 12:14) The command of Romans 12:14 goes miles beyond refusing to strike back at those who injure us. It requires believers to desire the good of their enemies and to pray sincerely for those...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Total Depravity
“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.” (Matthew 23:15) In this passage in Matthew Christ denounces the scribes and Pharisees...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Faith, Law of God, Man's Nature, Total Depravity, Word of God
“And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.” (Exodus 9:27) One of the most painful works that God performs in the soul is the work of conviction....
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Covenant, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Total Depravity
“That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” (John 3:6) Scripture declares with sobering clarity that my nature, from the moment of my birth, is corrupted by sin. Psalm 51:5 says that I was “shapen in iniquity” and...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Faith, Jesus Christ, Man's Nature, Salvation, Total Depravity
“The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.” (Proverbs 16:1) This verse in Proverbs lays the whole work of grace at the feet of God. It states that even the inward preparations of the heart, as well as the outward expressions...
