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

"Then H e is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I HAVE FOUND A RANSOM ." -Job 33:24 [KJV] Consider this GREAT EXCHANGE between the Father and the Son in this all-important matter of the salvation of sinners. God CAN and MUST BE GRACIOUS to the objects of His love, and they MUST BE DELIVERED "from going down to the pit"because GOD RECEIVED SATISFACTION IN THE RANSOM PRICE OF HIS DEAR SON. The word translated "ransom"means ATONEMENT, reconciliation, forgiveness, purging away, to cover over, pacify, or PROPITIATE. Think about what this means. If the ETERNAL GOD was pacified, reconciled, received ATONEMENT, and FORGAVE SINNERS in the person of Christ (according to the above passage), HOW IN THE WORLD can He then turn around and put some of those SAME SINNERS, for whom He received the RANSOM PRICE REQUIRED in the glorious person and work of His dear Son, IN HELL? THE ANSWER IS HE CANNOT!!! If you believe that Christ cam

“ And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” -John 1:14 [KJV] When the Lord Jesus Christ, Who is the living Word, was “made flesh,” He was not made sinful flesh. He was made flesh without sin for the purpose of doing His great work as the Surety, Substitute, and Redeemer of God’s chosen people. He was “made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law” (Galatians 4:4-5) . This means He had to die to satisfy God’s justice and be raised from the dead having brought forth spiritual and eternal life for His people. We behold His glory when we see the splendor and beauty of His Person. Christ is truly God manifest in the flesh (I Timothy 3:16) . We behold His glory when we are convinced by the Spirit of the success and power of His finished work of redemption to accomplish righteousness by which God is both a just God and a Savior and which guarantees t

"When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee." -Isaiah 43:2  [KJV] How many of the dear saints of God, when they have been brought into tribulation and sorrow, have found the fulfilment of this most gracious promise! And is there not one of these waters through which all must go—that deep and rapid Jordan which every one must pass through? How dark and gloomy those waters have appeared to the eyes of many a child of God, in whom is continually fulfilled the experience of the words, "Who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage." But how often have these waters only been terrible in prospect, in anticipation. How different has been the reality. When he comes down to the river's bank and his feet dip in these waters, and it appears as though they would rise higher and higher, the Lord suddenly appears in H is power and presence, and then the water sinks. He speaks a word of peace to his soul upon a dying bed—reveals Christ

The Gospel Truth About Faith (Part 1)   “Faith claims a King, An all-atoning Priest: It claims no merit of its own, But looks for all in Christ.”   “Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God ” -Romans 5:1 [KJV]   Does God look for faith in a believer and then, upon seeing this faith, declares the believer not guilty? Well if you were to believe what many say about this matter you would think yes, absolutely yes!  But this theory is a grim error. The gospel knows nothing of the sort! Saving faith is not a quality within us.  We are saved entirely by a work outside of us.  Faith, however, takes a hold of the gospel, and sees that it is perfect, sufficient and finished. Faith sees that our salvation has been accomplished by the Lord Jesus. Faith acknowledges that all things necessary to make us accepted before God have already been done in the substitutionary work of Christ.  It is finished!    Faith takes hold of the good news that in our name and on our