by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Salvation, Total Depravity
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23) The Apostle Paul’s declaration in Romans 3:23 stands as one of the clearest summaries of humanity’s universal condition before God: “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” In...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Attributes of God, Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Man's Nature, Repentance, Total Depravity
“Owe no man anything, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.” (Romans13:8) Genuine Christianity embodies the love of God. And not just as one virtue among many, but the root from which all other Christian graces grow. This love...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Attributes of God, Covenant, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Total Depravity
“The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.” (Psalm 58:3) Scripture makes it patently clear that those who persist in their sin cannot stand before a holy God … that is, they cannot be counted among the redeemed. And...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Faith, Law of God, Total Depravity
“And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.” (John 8:9) The scene described in this passage presents one of the most...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Covenant, Law of God, Man's Nature, Salvation, Total Depravity
“For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.” (Genesis 19:13) The destruction of Sodom is a sure testimony to the holiness and justice of God. The city that...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Law of God, Man's Nature, Repentance, Salvation, Total Depravity
“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.” (Galatians 3:13) Scripture teaches that the mediatory work of Christ includes both His active obedience in fulfilling the law...
