by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Man's Nature, Total Depravity
“This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.” (1 John 5:6) In 1 John 5:6, the Apostle writes, “This is he that came by water and blood,...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Faith, Total Depravity, Word of God
“A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.”(Proverbs 11:1) Proverbs 11:1 speaks to the integrity that God’s people must maintain in every aspect and facet of life. To that end, honesty, fairness, and diligence for truth should be...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Attributes of God, Total Depravity, Worship
“And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.”(Jeremiah 32:40) Assurance of salvation that’s rooted in the truths of Scripture and...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Jesus Christ, Total Depravity
“And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest: (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, ‘The Lord swore and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek’).” (Hebrews 7:20-21)...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Salvation, Total Depravity
“Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.” (1 Thessalonians 1:4) The doctrine of election—that God has chosen certain individuals for salvation before the foundation of the world—offers believers a unique assurance. In 1 Thessalonians 1:4, Paul reminds the...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Faith, Jesus Christ, Salvation, Total Depravity
“For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.” (Galatians 3:26) Though numerous verses of Scripture like this one in Galatians 3:26 assure us that we are children of God by faith, many still struggle with knowing for certain that they belong to Him....