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

When the Lord Jesus Christ hung upon the cross, He was there as the Representative and Substitute of His people. It is written that He knew no sin ( II Corinthians 5:21) , was without sin (Hebrews 4:15) , did no sin ( I Peter 2:22) , and in Him was no sin ( I John 3:5) . He was the divine, perfect sacrifice for sin. This was His qualification. When He died, He had not been made unjust, but remained "the Just One" (Acts 7:52) . "The Just died for the unjust to bring us to God" ( I Peter 3:18) . It is true that all of the iniquities of His people were imputed to Him, yet all the while He remained, in Himself, the spotless, holy Lamb of God. He was undefiled (Hebrews 7:26) and could not be defiled. He was, is and always shall be the impeccable Christ. In all aspects of His life and in every conceivable sense, the Lord Jesus was the embodiment of purity and the Spirit of inspiration led the writers of Scripture to keep this vital truth of the si

"And what is the exceeding greatness of H is power to usward who believe, according to the working of H is mighty power, which H e wrought in Christ, when H e raised H im from the dead." - Ephesians 1:19- 20  Man needs to be roused by a mighty and effectual power out of his state of sleep and death. It is not a little pull, a gentle snatch at his coat, a slight tug of his sleeve, which will pull him out of his sins. He must be snatched from them as a person would be snatched out of bed when the house is on fire, or pulled out of a river when sinking for the last time. Let us never think that the work of grace upon the heart is a slight or superficial one. Indeed, there needs a mighty work of grace upon a sinner's heart to deliver him from his destructions. We always, therefore, find the work of grace to begin by a spiritual sight and sense of our ruined condition before God. But this alone will not suffice to make us true-hearted disciples of Jesus. It is a

What grace it is when sinful creatures of time are brought by God's grace and Spirit to rejoice in eternal things. To rejoice in the eternal God! What rejoicing is theirs when they are made to hear the good news of the gospel in Christ: “The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and H e shall thrust out the enemy from before thee....” (Deut eronomy 33:27) . Jehovah-Jesus is none other than the everlasting God in flesh. The Psalmist declares, “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever T hou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, T hou art God” (Psalm 90:2) . His covenant of grace and mercy in Christ, being ordered in all things and sure, all the salvation of His people, is the “everlasting covenant.” For this reason, His gospel is called the “everlasting gospel.” There is nothing new with Him but it comes as news to His chosen people. That redemption which is in Him and accomplish