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

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