by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Attributes of God, Covenant, Jesus Christ, Total Depravity
“Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?” (Isaiah 40:13) Few themes in Scripture resound with as much significance as that of a covenant between God and His people. Francis Roberts saw insightfully into this profound...
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) Sin is a heavy burden, one that weighs upon every Christian professor. As Romans 3:23 reminds us, there is not one righteous person on this earth by their own merit. Each of us is born into a...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Attributes of God, Man's Nature, Total Depravity
“As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that...
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 | Almighty God, Attributes of God, Man's Nature, Ministry, Total Depravity
“But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resists the proud, but gives grace unto the humble.” (James 4:6) The biblical call to humility stands in stark contrast to a society in which ambition and self-promotion are both sought after and celebrated. But as...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Attributes of God, Covenant, Faith, Salvation, Total Depravity
“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:” (Ephesians 1:4) The amazing truth that God chose His elect in Christ before the foundation of the world, as stated in Ephesians...
