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

There is a Person that we are called upon to believe in and trust. His name is Jesus. There are also those we are warned to beware of and not to trust. Paul called them “another jesus.” How are we to distinguish between these persons? They differ in many ways but the chief one is their work! For that reason the apostle says, “ We preach Christ crucified.” We do not preach nor are people to believe on a mystical, generic jesus but on that One who is distinguished by the work He accomplished in His life and death. He is the “ crucified” One! He is the Lord Jesus Christ, God in flesh, who came according to the will of God and accomplished His purpose in saving His elect. This He did as their Substitute satisfying every claim against them. Jesus saved His people from their sins. Success crowns His work and salvation is sure in Him. The Spirit of God brings those He died for to trust the Lord Jesus Christ and He takes the things of Christ to do it [JOHN 16:14,15 ] . The thin

“ And set up over H is head H is accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.” - MATTHEW 27:37 [KJV]   Pilate wrote this inscription in Hebrew, Greek and Latin and attached it to the top of the cross (John 19:20). Pilate …what a strange man. He could find no fault in Christ but delivered Him to be crucified. And now, according to custom, he must write a notice declaring why the condemned One was going to suffer. But, what could he write? Three times he had pronounced Christ faultless, so what can he now state as our Master’s crime? God’s hand, I believe, guided Pilate to write this inscription in the three great world languages Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. Whatever Pilate's thoughts, God had a truthful testimony. The chief priests were hopping mad at this inscription and confronted the Roman Governor demanding— "Write not, the King of the Jews, but that H e said I am King of the Jews." Nonetheless, Pilate replied sternly, “What I have written I have