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

JESUS is the one great theme both of the Old Testament and the New. The whole Bible is designed to testify of Christ, " Search the scriptures ... they are they which testify of Me" (John 5:39). In Christ the Messiah, in Jesus the Savior, in the Son of God the Redeemer--all the truths of the Bible center. To Him all the types and shadows point. Of Him all the prophecies give witness. All the glory of the Scriptures, from Genesis to Revelation--culminates at the cross of Christ! The Bible would be an inexplicable mystery apart from Christ, who unfolds and explains it all. He is the golden Key which unlocks the divine treasury of Scriptural revelation. Until He is seen, the Bible is, in a sense--a great mystery. But when He is found, it is a glorious revelation. Every mystery is opened, every enigma is explained, every discrepancy is harmonized, and every truth and page, sentence and word--is quickened with a life and glowing with a light flowing down from the thr...

There is not a day that goes by, but what I don’t think about and thank God for these three truths that speak peace and comfort to my soul. 1. The substitutionary sacrifice of Christ. The Son of God humbled Himself, took my place, died my death, paid my debt, bore my sin away, brought in everlasting righteousness for me, fulfilled every demand of divine law for me and ever lives as my Advocate, Mediator and Intercessor. Of all the truths I have ever learned, the gospel of Christ, of finished, accomplished redemption is the most blessed! God graciously accepts me, forgives all my sins and declares me to be righteous, not at the expense of His justice, but with its full approval through Christ and His work of reconciliation. “ Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather that is risen again...” (Romans 8:34). 2. The absolute sovereignty of God in salvation. In old eternity the Lord chose me in Christ and then made the world and all things in it as the s...