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

     If we have been born again by the Holy Spirit, we know Christ to be everything to us for our eternal salvation and final glory. He is our Representative before Holy God and our Surety to bear the debt of our sins. He is our Substitute Who took our place under the wrath of God to pay our sin-debt in full. He is our Redeemer Who actually paid our sin-debt by His own blood and secured our salvation unto final glory.  He is the one Mediator between God and us, our Intercessor and our Advocate. He is our Prophet to reveal His Word to us. He is our High Priest to go into the holiest for us. He is our King to reign and rule over us. He is our Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification, and Redemption. He is our Shepherd to lead, provide for, and protect us. He is our Head, our Foundation, and our Chief Cornerstone. To us who are His people, CHRIST IS ALL, and HE IS IN ALL who believe and trust in Him for all salvation and eternal life. -preacher Bill Parker https://www.serm...

     In our nature, Christ suffered and died for us; in our nature he rose triumphant from the grave; and he now wears it before the throne of God. O how highly has Christ exalted human nature! He has elevated it to the right hand of God, to the greatest honors and the brightest state of felicity in the heaven of heavens. In glory, the redeemed shall be made like Christ; their bodies shall shine like his glorious body. Says an Apostle, "we know that when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is." At his glorious appearing on the resurrection morning, Christ shall call forth our sleeping dust. He will take these weak mortal bodies of ours and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same mighty power that he will use to conquer everything, everywhere. Then shall we be with him, and be entirely like him to all eternity. Then shall we see him face to face in his heavenly kingdom, yes, we shall look into the very face ...

"Men wondered at." -Zechariah 3:8 [KJV]   Men wondered at indeed, and every redeemed soul may truly say, I am a wonder unto many, a wonder to myself. Oh Thou whose name is Wonderful ! both Thou and the children the Lord hath given Thee, are for signs and wonders. Behold, my soul, how it was fulfilled in Him whose name was Wonderful, and then thine astonishment will be the less that it should be fulfilled in His followers. I would contemplate Thy person, blessed Jesus, and behold Thee, not barely wondered at, but despised and rejected of men. The world gazed at Thee, but saw no beauty nor form of comeliness in Thee to desire Thee. In Thine offices also, how did the multitude despise Thee as a prophet; when blind-folding Thee, and smiting Thee on Thy sacred head, they tauntingly cried out, "Prophecy, thou Christ, who is he that smote thee!'     As a priest, what blasphemy did they utter, when they saw enough to be convinced, and to confess, that Thou did...