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

I know and believe that I am a child of God, yet in my flesh dwells no good thing. While it is true that sin still abounds in me, it is also true that grace much more abounds through the Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 5:20) . He is my righteousness, though I am full of unrighteousness; He is my goodness, though I am thoroughly evil. His riches stand for my poverty and His mercy for my misery. I am indeed corrupt in myself, but perfect in my Savior. Since I know that if I look within I will find no cause for rejoicing, I will look instead by faith upon that One who of God is made unto me “ Wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification and redemption” (I Corinthians 1:30) and I will rejoice in Him. I am assured from the Book of God that “ I am complete in Him” (Colossians 2:10) . In Christ I am liberally supplied with all I need; I am filled to total fullness with everything that is required to enable me to stand acceptably before an infinitely holy God forevermore. -copied

“ Being justified freely by H is grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in H is blood, to declare H is righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God.” -Romans 3:24 -25   There is no salvation apart from Jesus Christ. He is the revelation of God’s love, holiness and justice and power. Apart from Jesus, we will never come to know God and what He is like (1 Timothy 2:5) . Without Jesus, we will be forever lost to God’s salvation. We may believe in God, generally, and believe that He is great and holy, but without Jesus and His salvation, we will perish. Many years ago, I read a story of a German statesman who was approaching death. Sad to say, this man had been an agnostic throughout his long life. There was also a Christian minister living in the same town and the diplomat both knew and respected him. The diplomat, knowing that death was closing in, invited the preac...