"Salvation is of the LORD." -Jonah 2:9

     No man has a true desire for the salvation of men's souls who does not first have a desire for God to be honored and glorified above all things. The individual who believes or preaches a gospel in which God is not glorified, one in which His justice is not fully satisfied as His grace is shown, not only doesn't truly desire to see men's souls saved but most likely is not saved himself. A salvation which does not begin with God, which is not provided for altogether by God, which does not save all whom He purposes to save and which does not keep all He saves...does not glorify God.  The chief end of all things in salvation as well as in general is the glory of God.  -preacher Gary Shepard https://www.sermonaudio.com/source_detail.asp?sourceid=allsovgrace

"...NOT by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to His mercy He saved us..." -Titus 3:5 [KJV]      Ritualism, or externalism, or traditionalism are all different forms of self-righteousness; man's self-invented ways of pleasing or appeasing God, or paying for admittance into heaven. These forms of self-righteousness are a human apparatus for procuring God's pardon. They are the means by which the performer of them hopes to win God's favor--perhaps, also, man's praise--most certainly, his own esteem. Every act, or performance, or ceremony, which honors self, exalts self, or gives prominence to self--is an accursed thing. It is an abomination in the sight of God--however religious, or sacred, or solemn, or devout, it may seem to man. It is to self-righteousness in some form or other, that man is always tending. Man attempts to make up for this badness, or to cover it over, by works, and devotions, and ceremonies. All this is pure ...

  "And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with a cluster of grapes."   - Numbers 13:23 [KJV]      Was not this single cluster of God's earnest to the people of the sure possession of the land where those delicious fruits grew? And was not the size and weight of this one branch a sample how full and extensive all the blessings, both of the covenant and of the promised land, should be to the after possession of God's people? My soul, dost thou not see in it then a precious representation of Jesus, that one branch, and of all that cluster of blessings which are in Him? Well might the church cry out concerning the Redeemer, "My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi." For whether this camphire, this copher, denotes the vine of Cyprus, or the fruit of the palm-tree, in either, or in both, the soul-strengthening, soul-exhilarating, soul-healing virtues of this unnumbered excellencies, may well be ...

     If we have been born again by the Holy Spirit, we know Christ to be everything to us for our eternal salvation and final glory. He is our Representative before Holy God and our Surety to bear the debt of our sins. He is our Substitute Who took our place under the wrath of God to pay our sin-debt in full. He is our Redeemer Who actually paid our sin-debt by His own blood and secured our salvation unto final glory.  He is the one Mediator between God and us, our Intercessor and our Advocate. He is our Prophet to reveal His Word to us. He is our High Priest to go into the holiest for us. He is our King to reign and rule over us. He is our Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification, and Redemption. He is our Shepherd to lead, provide for, and protect us. He is our Head, our Foundation, and our Chief Cornerstone. To us who are His people, CHRIST IS ALL, and HE IS IN ALL who believe and trust in Him for all salvation and eternal life. -preacher Bill Parker https://www.serm...

     In our nature, Christ suffered and died for us; in our nature he rose triumphant from the grave; and he now wears it before the throne of God. O how highly has Christ exalted human nature! He has elevated it to the right hand of God, to the greatest honors and the brightest state of felicity in the heaven of heavens. In glory, the redeemed shall be made like Christ; their bodies shall shine like his glorious body. Says an Apostle, "we know that when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is." At his glorious appearing on the resurrection morning, Christ shall call forth our sleeping dust. He will take these weak mortal bodies of ours and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same mighty power that he will use to conquer everything, everywhere. Then shall we be with him, and be entirely like him to all eternity. Then shall we see him face to face in his heavenly kingdom, yes, we shall look into the very face ...

"Men wondered at." -Zechariah 3:8 [KJV]   Men wondered at indeed, and every redeemed soul may truly say, I am a wonder unto many, a wonder to myself. Oh Thou whose name is Wonderful ! both Thou and the children the Lord hath given Thee, are for signs and wonders. Behold, my soul, how it was fulfilled in Him whose name was Wonderful, and then thine astonishment will be the less that it should be fulfilled in His followers. I would contemplate Thy person, blessed Jesus, and behold Thee, not barely wondered at, but despised and rejected of men. The world gazed at Thee, but saw no beauty nor form of comeliness in Thee to desire Thee. In Thine offices also, how did the multitude despise Thee as a prophet; when blind-folding Thee, and smiting Thee on Thy sacred head, they tauntingly cried out, "Prophecy, thou Christ, who is he that smote thee!'     As a priest, what blasphemy did they utter, when they saw enough to be convinced, and to confess, that Thou did...

"Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen." - Ephesians 6:24  And dost thou, my soul, with the same affection and love as the apostle, bend thy knee this morning before His throne, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth are named? Dost thou look up, and pray that all grace may abound? Oh what a delightful thought is it, my soul, to warm thy affections, that in the moment thou art waiting at the mercy-seat, thousands are waiting also for the morning blessing.     Go then, my soul, and tell thy Redeemer this; tell Him that He hath all suited grace, and that the eyes of His redeemed, as the eyes of one man, are all directed towards Him. Yes, Thou glorious, rich, and gracious Saviour, we do behold Thee still as the Lamb in the midst of the throne, leading Thy church which is above in glory to fountains of living waters. And, Lord, we know that Thou art equally attentive to Thy church in the dry and barren wilderness here below, whe...