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

" Who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high." — Hebrews 1:3 [KJV] What St. Paul says of the resurrection of Jesus,— II Corinthians 15 , may, with equal truth, be applied to His divinity. If Jesus be not truly and essentially the self-existing God, 'all preaching is vain; all faith is vain;' all the saints of God must perish in their sins. But we have not so learned Christ, if so be we have heard Him, and know the truth as it is in Jesus. His eternal power and Godhead angels adore, devils tremble at, saints rejoice in, and only poor, blinded, proud sinners dare cavil against and deny.  That Jesus is both Lord and God, lies at the foundation of our faith. That He upholds all things by the word of His power, is the joy of our hearts. That, as man, He hath purged our sins, causes all our hope and c...

The Priest Who Brings Us Near by D.G. Miles McKee   1 Peter 3:18, “For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God,….” Let me ask you a question. Are you more conscious of your sins than you are of the fact that they have already been punished and taken away?  Too much focus on self is unhealthy! As gospel-centered believers, we need to concentrate, not on our sins, but on Jesus and the fact that He has already been punished for them. It is because of Christ and Him alone that we are forgiven, accepted and redeemed!  But there’s more. Not only has the Lord Jesus taken away our sins, He has also introduced us to the Father. (1 Peter 3:18)! This is exceedingly good news. We could never get to God by our frail, faulty and futile efforts, but Jesus, by His person and performance, and on our behalf, has succeeded where we failed.   And there’s even more good news to think about! He, the Lord Jesus, our Great High Priest,...