by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Creation, Law of God, Man's Nature, Salvation, Total Depravity
“And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.” (Genesis 3:8) The fall of man introduced more than guilt into the human...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Repentance, Salvation, Total Depravity
“Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son.” (Colossians 1:13) The gospel does not simply “improve” the sinner or offer religious assistance to those who need encouragement. It proclaims deliverance. The...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Salvation, Total Depravity
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.” (Hosea 4:6) God’s warning to His people...
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, 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 | Covenant, Faith, Law of God, Total Depravity
“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” (Romans 5:12) Paul lays out the doctrine of justification in Romans 5 by drawing a comparison between Adam and Christ—Adam as the...
