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

“God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.” -John 4:24 [KJV] True worship is founded upon the glorious Person and finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ, for God can accept no one’s person, worship, or service except in Christ and upon the basis of His obedience unto death to satisfy justice and establish righteousness to enable God to be just and Justifier. When we come before God in true worship we come by faith as sinners saved by grace, washed clean from our sins in the blood of Christ and clothed in the righteousness of Christ imputed to us. True worship is aimed towards the glory of God in Christ as we seek to praise, honor, and thank HIM for His free and marvelous grace, love, and mercy toward us in and by the Lord Jesus Christ. When we truly worship God, we glory in Christ, not in ourselves; we praise and honor Christ, not ourselves; we preach Christ, not ourselves. True worship is inspired by God the Holy Spirit within us and from the...

Come, let us sing the song of songs, The glory which to Christ belongs; The hosts of Heav’n began the strain, “Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain.” Slain to redeem us by His blood, And makes us kings and priest to God; To cleanse from ev’ry sinful stain, “Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain.” Among a thousand hearts and songs, His sacred name fills all our tongues; All pow’r in Heav’n and earth proclaim, “Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain.” Long as I live and when I die, This song of songs shall be my cry; And while in Heav’n with Him I reign, “Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain.” -Gospel hymn, "Doxology"   ======================      "Believer, fight sin. Strive to obey the Lord and to be a bearer of the good fruits of God’s grace. But remember this – The worst thing you can do is to look within and ask, “Have I done enough good works to please the Lord?” or “Are my works good enough to make me acceptable to the Lord?” To find peace and comfort with God, LOOK TO AND RE...

       "The Salvation prepared BY GOD THE FATHER, and wrought BY GOD THE SON, becomes the strong consolation of His people by the influential operation OF GOD THE HOLY GHOST. Hence the Gospel is a full flow of Divine Grace; a free proclamation of life, peace, pardon and everlasting Salvation, without any mixture of bondage, threatenings or conditions required on the creature’s  part; for it sets forth Christ as the New Covenant of His people, answering all the conditions of the legal Covenant.  Perfect obedience He performed in His life, perfect satisfaction for sin He made in His death, perfect holiness He communicates by His Spirit, from His own fullness to the souls of His people. Thus, the rich blessings of the Gospel completely answer all the demands of the Law; for as the law gives nothing, but requires all; so, the Gospel requires nothing from the sinner for salvation, but gives all freely in  and by Christ." -preacher John Johnson, excerpt from...

Particular Redemption, Limited Atonement, Definite Atonement & Effectual Atonement     These are all words used to describe the atoning work of Christ on the cross.  He died for a particular people.  His intention to save was limited to the elect.  His atonement was with a definite purpose for a definite people.  His atonement was effectual.  All for whom He died must be saved.  These terms are all well and good in their place, but a better word is plain old SUBSTITUTION.   All of these terms point to a real, substitutionary death on the cross.  SUBSTITUTION IS THE GOSPEL.    To deny, water down, or omit in our preaching the particular, limited, definite, effectual death of Christ on the cross ( substitution ) is to deny, water down, or omit the Gospel of Christ.  The meaning of substitution is so simple that adjectives are not even needed to describe it. -Unknown preacher of righteousness

“ For God so loved the world,   (which He was, in Christ, reconciling to Himself)   that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life”   (John 3:16).      “He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?  Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect?  It is God that justifieth.  Who is He that condemneth?  It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us”   (Romans 8:32-34) .     “In this was manifested the love of God towards us, because that God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.  Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins”   (I John 4:9-10) .   Paul’s s...

"I That Speak in Righteousness" (Isaiah 63:1-6.) Message from preacher Clay Curtis (34 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivB--l9-LIc&t=3s