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

Not Ashamed: Part II by D.G. Miles McKee Last time we concluded that, as Christians, we are not ashamed of the Lord Jesus. We are not ashamed of His Virgin Birth, His Miracles, His claims or His silence. Let´s take this a bit further. We are not ashamed of His scream! Yes, you read that right, we are not ashamed of His scream! From the cross He screamed the agonising words, “My God, My God why hast T hou forsaken M e?” These were not the words of a man who has suddenly discovered that he was all wrong. These were the anguished words of the One who was dying for us. At the cross, He hung there as our S ubstitute. He was executed as our R epresentative and reckoned guilty before God. It was as though He tasted the depth of our God forsakenness. Our sins separated Him from His Father. He tasted the God-desertedness that His people´s sins would have caused them at Judgment day. What He said (His scream) and what he didn´t say (His silence) were both on our account. As B

“ And H e said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for M y strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. ” - II Cor inthians 12:9 [KJV]   When Paul was given a special messenger of Satan to buffet and beat him down in the flesh he asked the Lord Jesus Christ for immediate relief ( II Cor. 12:8) . Instead of removing the thorn in the flesh, the Lord in His infinite wisdom instructed and encouraged Paul that His grace was sufficient or enough to sustain him in the time of trial. Surely this is true for all of the Lord's people, although we often think in our time of despair and doubt that there is no way we can survive our trouble, heartache, grief and pain. Yet, the answer of the Lord is always the same, " M y grace is sufficient." His grace is sufficient to choose us unto salvation (Eph. 1:3-6) . His grace is sufficient to save us by His mighty powe

“ God cannot forgive me of my sins just because I ask Him too. Sin must be atoned for, justice satisfied. Here is the good news of the gospel. The sins that I ask to be forgiven of, the blood of Christ answers the justice of God for them . That being so, God can forgive me of all my sins through the blood of Jesus Christ. No better news than this.”   - Gospel report by preacher John Chapman