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

"Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah." - Psalm 46:10-11 [KJV] "HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON" Before the foundation of the world, God chose a people in Christ and purposed to be gracious to them (2 Thessalonians 2:13). Those ordained to salvation were "predestinated to be conformed to the image of Christ" (Romans 8:29). Here is the question I want you to consider: what will God sacrifice in order to save the objects of His love from their sins? What was He willing to surrender so that a multitude of rebels would be justified in His sight? I will first tell you what He did not sacrifice. He did not part with His holy character by compromising His justice because " the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23). He did not give up His honor by lessening the standard for acceptance: "it shall be