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) Before the foundations of the earth were laid, before the heavens were stretched out by the hand of God, before sin...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Attributes of God, Covenant, Faith, Salvation
“Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.” (1 Thessalonians 1:4) In an attempt to understand the often overwhelming doctrine of election, we need to not see it as God’s hidden will or a matter of uncovering His secret decrees. Rather, in seeking to know for...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Attributes of God, Covenant, Jesus Christ, Salvation
“Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.” (Ephesians 1:5–6) Before the foundation of the...
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 | Mar 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
“Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God,” (1 Thess. 1:4). Just as God is most wise, unchangeable, all-knowing, and almighty, so the election made by him can neither be suspended nor altered, revoked, or annulled; neither can God’s chosen...
