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

In II P ETER 2:4-7 ; several times the W ord of the Lord says, “God spared not” the righteous and holy judgment of God fell without any mixture of mercy on many. The angels that fell were judged and cast out with no mercy. The rebels in Noah’s day were judged with the flood of God’s wrath. The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were reduced to ashes for their sinful wickedness. But we also read of God’s mercy to some, Noah and his family were spared. The Lord delivered Lot. The Lord knows how to justly deliver His people from the wrath to come without compromising His righteous character ( II P ETER 2:9; 1 T HESSALONIANS 1:9-10) . The Lord our God justly delivers His elect from the wrath to come because He spared not the Lord Jesus Christ from the holy wrath of His anger against our sin (I SAIAH 53:10; L AMENTATIONS 1:12; Z ECHARIAH 13:7) . Read this verse slowly; “He that spared not H is own Son, but delivered H im up for us all, how shall H e not with H im also fre...

In Leviticus ch. 21 & 22 the Lord instructed Moses and Aaron with the most vital and fundamental information on how to approach and worship Him. The high priest could not have any defect, deformity or blemish (Lev. 21:16-21) . Likewise, the sacrifice could not have any blemish at all (Lev. 22: 17-24) . If the priest had no defect, yet brought a sacrifice with blemishes it would not be accepted, for it "must be perfect to be accepted" (Lev. 22:21) . Likewise, if the sacrifice had no blemish, but the priest that offered it had any blemish, the sacrifice would not be accepted at all, because it "must be perfect to be accepted." All of this declares the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the perfect and great High Priest without blemish, spot, defect, deformity or sin (Heb rews 4:14-15; 7:26; 8:1) . Not only is that true, but He is also the perfect sacrifice. He is the Lamb without blemish or spot (John 1:29; 1 Peter 1:18-20) . It is only through the L...

If salvation were partly of God and partly of man, it would be like a house built partly on rock and partly on sand. The whole structure would soon fall. If our dependence were upon the Lord Jesus in a measure and on our own works to some degree, it would be a tower that would never reach the sky, doomed to failure from the start. Oh to know the full meaning of the words, “Salvation is of the L ORD ” (Jonah 2:9) . Taught by the Spirit, through the Word, in heart and experience is the only way to learn the full meaning of “Salvation is of the L ORD. ” A man will lie broken at the foot of a cliff, every bone dislocated by the fall, and yet still hope to save himself. Piles of sin, mountains of transgressions, and a landslide of iniquity may bury a man, but he will cling to the hope that he will finally dig his way out. You may crush human nature and grind it to powder, but every particle of dust will reek with pride and self-righteousness. Only the Holy Spirit can make a man s...