by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Salvation, Total Depravity
“Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth forever.” (1 Peter 1:23) Just as a newborn infant cannot effect its physical birth, believers cannot effect their “new birth.” Scripture makes it clear that...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Jesus Christ, Repentance, Salvation, Total Depravity
“I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?” (Job 7:20) Job’s words from this text vividly captures our universal struggle with sin and its consequences. Because when...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Salvation, Total Depravity
“In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, ‘If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.’” (John 7:37) On the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles, Jesus stands in the midst of the crowd and cries out for all to hear, “If any...
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) In Ephesians 4:30 Paul describes how it affects the Holy Spirit of God who indwells every believer when we cease to make our relationship with the Father the...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Covenant, Faith, Man's Nature, Salvation, Total Depravity
“And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty;...
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 decries the scribes and...