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

Precious Saviour, Friend of sinners We, as such, to Thee draw near; Let Thy Spirit dwell within us With that love that casts out fear. Matchless Saviour, let us know Thee As the Lord our Righteousness; Cause our hearts to cleave unto Thee, Come, and with Thy presence bless. Open now Thy precious treasure, Let Thy Word here freely flow; Give to us a gracious measure, ‘ Tis Thyself we long to know. Come and claim us as Thy portion, Let us all find rest in Thee; Leave us not to empty notions, We must find our hope in Thee! Hymn, “Jesus Calls Us”

"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." -R OMANS 3:23 [KJV] What is it to "come short of the glory of God?" It is to act without a view to His glory. Now everything that we have ever done, which has not been done with a single eye to God's glory, has the brand of sin stamped on it. But who in an unregenerate state, who, as the fallen son of a fallen parent, ever had an eye to the glory of God? Did such a thing ever enter into man's natural heart as to speak to God's glory, act to His glory, consult His glory, and live to His glory? Before ever such a thought, such a desire can cross our breast, we must have seen Him who is invisible; we must have had a view by faith of the glory of the Three-One God; we must have had a single eye given us by the Holy Ghost to see that glory outshining all creature good. Every movement, then, of the selfish heart, every desire to gratify, please and exalt self, is a coming short of...

"IN HIS DEATH for the sins of His people, Jesus Christ brought forth an everlasting righteousness enabling God to be both a just God and a Savior, a righteous Judge as well as a merciful, loving Father. His righteousness is given by God to His people in the same way that their sins were made to be His – by imputation ( II CORINTHIANS 5:21) . This is a legal accounting of the merits of Christ’s righteousness to the elect and their sins to Christ. All the agony and suffering unto death Jesus Christ experienced on the cross was due to the sins of His people imputed to Him. All blessings of salvation, spiritual life, and final glory God’s elect gain and experience are due to the righteousness of Jesus Christ imputed to them. The sins of His people imputed to Him and the suffering He experienced were all necessary for the salvation of His people. The righteousness of Christ imputed to His people and the blessings of spiritual life in the new birth and glory in...