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

“ For H e knoweth our frame; H e remembereth that we are dust.” -Psalm 103:14 [KJV] I fear to even think about all the times that I have forgotten God. In the busyness of a day, in the laughter of a season of recreation, in the midst of distractions of family life, so often and in so many situations, hours without a thought concerning God. Hours without a thought of thanksgiving to Him for His goodness to me. Even long extended periods of time without any praise to Christ for His sacrifice and salvation. Oh what ungrateful wretches we are when left to ourselves! We're like the butler who remembered not Joseph. But God be thanked, He is not like us. He remembers! He remembers His elect in Christ. How wonderful that He remembers that we are just dust! He remembers His covenant, His pledge of grace to us. “To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember H is holy covenant” (Luke 1:72) . He remembers poor sinners like us and remembers that Christ has died...

What did Jesus come to do? Was it anything for you? God does tell us in His Word, Tell me sinner have you heard? Jesus came to live and die, Came to save and not to try. Sinners chosen long ago, By the Father, grace bestowed. Thus the faithful saying goes, Died for them and then arose. Now He sits and reigns alone, Interceding from His throne. Jesus came and thus He did, For the chief of sinners shed His own sinless saving blood, Washed them clean beneath that flood. Come to Jesus, sinners now, There before Him lowly bow. He whose life He freely gave, Reigns the Mighty One to save! Gary Shepard  77.77 Holy Bible, Book Divine

"Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? Then Simon Peter answered Him, Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that Thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God." -John 6:67-69 [KJV] As it was with Peter and the rest of the disciples, so it is with all sensible sinners and true believers who see there is no other to go to for life and salvation, but Christ ; not to the law of Moses, which accuses, curses, and condemns, and by which there is neither life nor righteousness; nor to any creature, or creature performance, for there is a curse on him that trusts in man and makes flesh his arm; nor to their own righteousness, which is impure and imperfect, and cannot justify before God nor answer for them in a time to come; nor to their tears of repentance, which will not satisfy the law, atone for sins, or wash them away; nor to carnal descent, birth privileges, a religious education, sobriety,...

"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me: a nd I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand. My Father, which gave them Me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of My Father’s hand." -John 10:27-29 [KJV] There is no stronger passage to be found in the word of God guaranteeing the absolute security of every child of God. They are His sheep, they follow Him, they have eternal life, they are in the hand of Christ, the Father gave them to Christ (John 6:37; John 17:2, 6, 9, 11, 12, 24) , and they are in the Father’s hand. The sheep of Christ have a double security; they are in the hand of Christ, and they are in the hand of the Father. To suggest that any of His sheep could be finally lost is to blaspheme the Lord God Himself. - Gospel report by preacher Henry Mahan

"But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and He that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art Mine." -Isaiah 43:1 [KJV] In Isaiah 43 the Lord makes this grand and encouraging statement to His people "Fear Not." Now why has our God instructed His people not to fear? Because we as frail and sinful creatures of the dust are so prone to fear. We have plenty of reason to fear left to ourselves. We are utterly sinful and God with whom we have to do is infinitely HOLY. From this scripture we can find several comforting reasons why God has told believers not to fear. 1. We are God's creation and formation! "Thus saith the LORD that created thee." The church of the Lord Jesus Christ is His creation. He chose a people in Christ before the foundation of the world to be His bride ( II Thes salonians 2:13) . Everything the believer has before God is by His sovereign...

  It is impossible to preach... 1. That a man is both totally and partially depraved, 2. That election is both unconditional and conditional, 3. That regenerating grace is both irresistible and resistible, 4. That redemption is both limited and unlimited, 5. That perseverance is both certain and uncertain. Nor can there be a modification of one by the other; it is impossible to blend the two. History records such efforts in the past; but despite the efforts, sovereign grace and free-willism will not mix, nor can they walk together in peace, nor can those holding either system force the other to their view. - Gospel report by preacher Rolfe Barnard (1904 – 1969 A.D.) “ So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy” (Romans 9:16) . Jesus said, “No man can come unto M e, except it were given unto him of M y Father” (John 6:65) . “ All that the Father giveth M e s...

Universal redemption is the belief that Christ laid down His life and paid the sin debt of all mankind making salvation a possibility for everyone, but an accomplishment for no one. According to this Christ-dishonoring theory, His blood is sufficient to save all, but efficient to save only those who believe. The success of the redeeming work of the Son of God is therefore dependent upon the willingness of man to receive the gift of salvation. Never was there a greater lie concocted by Satan than this heresy and yet the natural man readily embraces this foolish, nonsensical, anti-Scriptural drivel. Universal redemption makes man his own savior . It says that Christ died equally for all men, and the reason some perish while others are saved is because the saved chose to avail themselves of the benefits of His death while the others did not. This would make the will of man, not the death of Christ, the deciding factor in salvation, which is contrary to Scripture. Universal re...