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

       The glorious good news of the Gospel is that, "It is finished." Justice has been satisfied, righteousness has been established. The believer rests exclusively in a finished work. On the other hand, the religious moralist strives daily under a crushing weight of duties and expectations, looking to a future judgment on his performance, where he may, or may not, be rewarded. For the believer, this judgment occurred at the cross, and there is no possibility of future condemnation. The believer is counted by God to be the very righteousness of God in Christ [II Cor inthians 5:21 ] . Therefore, the believer is a joint-heir with Christ and shall inherit all things [ Rom ans 8:17,32 ] . “Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth” [ Rom ans 8:33 ] . I would encourage you to take the time to read all of Romans ch. 8 and prayerfully consider these glorious truths.    — preacher Kenny Dyess

O Thou Son of the Blessed! Grace stripped Thee of Thy glory. Grace brought Thee down from heaven. Grace made Thee bear such burdens of sin; such burdens of curse as are unspeakable. Grace was in Thy heart. Grace came bubbling up from Thy bleeding side. Grace was in Thy tears. Grace was in Thy prayers. Grace streamed from Thy thorn-crowned brow! Grace came forth with the nails that pierced Thee, with the thorns that pricked Thee! Oh, here are unsearchable riches of grace! Grace to make sinners happy! Grace to make angels wonder! Grace to make devils astonished! -preacher John Bunyan (1628–1688 A.D.)

    "I AM the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in M e, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit; for without M e ye can do nothing." -John 15:5  [KJV] The great secret in religion—that secret which is only with those who fear the Lord and to whom He shews His covenant—is first to get sensible union with the Lord, and then to maintain it. But this union cannot be got except by some manifestation of His Person and work to our heart, joining us to Him as by one Spirit. This is the espousal of the soul, whereby it is espoused to one husband as a chaste virgin to Christ. From this espousal comes fellowship, or communion with Christ; and from this communion flows all fruitfulness, for it is not a barren marriage.   But this union and communion cannot be maintained except by abiding in Christ; and this can only be by His abiding in us. "Abide in M e, and I in you." But how do we abide in Him? Mainly by faith, hope, and love, for these are the three...