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

The Gospel is not an offer.  An offer presupposes a man’s ability to accept or reject the offer.  To offer life to one who is dead in sins would be absurd and insincere.  God does not offer life.  He gives it!  “And you hath He quickened who were dead in trespasses and sins.”  Did Christ offer life to Lazarus?  Of course not!  “Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth.”    *****               We read in Scripture of believing in Christ and believing on Christ.  We believe in Christ when we believe His Is-ness.  We believe He is as the Bible says He is. We believe on Christ when we are relying on Him in His Is-ness to save us.  “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.”   *****               Any objection to God’s sovereignty is in reality denying God’s goodness in the point of our objection.  When we bow to His sovereignty in all things we confess He is good all the time! 

" Let the weak say, I am strong." -Joel 3:10 [KJV] Where is the weak, doubting sinner? Stand forth, my soul, thy Lord arraigns thee; He judges and passes sentence of reproof upon thee. “O thou of little faith, wherefore dost thou doubt? ” (Matthew 14:31.) Your doubts come from your little faith: your doubts prevent the increase of faith. You can easily believe the Lord is displeased at your sins. What is sin, but disobeying His commands? But did you never consider it as a sin, a great sin, not to believe when He commands?  Not to be obedient to His word, when He requires you to be strong in faith— “Strong in the grace which is in Christ Jesus?” (II Timothy 2:1.) “Strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might” (Ephesians 6:10.) O you do not enough attend to this! But you say, “I am so weak in myself.” Who is not? He who thinks he is not, is the weakest of all in self-knowledge. The great, the strong, the inspired Paul, gives this challenge. “Who is weak