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

“ The moment the believer seeks to be better by doing or by applying to the law, we immediately give ourselves to the dominion of the law and from that moment until we are ‘plucked as firebrands from the burning, by grace’ we will become more weighted down by the fetters and shackles of sin..the remedy for such a life is to walk in the Spirit and being led by the Spirit you will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh, and you will not operate under the dominion of the law.”    -Gospel report by preacher Tim James Sequoyah Baptist Church in Cherokee, North Carolina USA Audio Sermons & Contact Information here:   https://www.sermonaudio.com/search.asp?SpeakerOnly=true&currSection=sermonsspeaker&keyword=Tim%5EJames

Each glorious person in the Godhead has a glorious part in our salvation. GOD THE FATHER chose, sanctified, and set us apart in Christ before the world was; GOD THE SON took our humanity into union to His personal Godhead, was made flesh, lived a perfect life, suffered and died a solemn death, rose again from the dead, and is now exalted at the right hand of the Father, ever living to make intercession for us; GOD THE SPIRIT awakened the dead and "called us with a holy calling" (II Timothy 1:9) . This call is the solemn, soul-quickening, heart-rending call of the Holy God from death to life, from darkness to light, from the power of sin and Satan to the kingdom of the Son of His love. So that, BEFORE THE WORLD WAS , the church was saved purposely by God the Father; IN TIME meritoriously by, the God-man, Christ Jesus, who now lives above, their Mediator, High Priest, and Advocate; and IN THE DAY OF GOD'S POWER (Psalm 110:3) they are saved manifestly...

There is nothing to this world for a believer. How true this is in one sense for we "are not of this world." The Christ that we love said, "The world hates you because it hates M e." If we were of the world, if our value system was the same as its, if our purposes and goals were the same and if our views of God, man, Christ and the way God saves sinners were the same, the world would love us! Since our only rule of what we believe and what we are to do is the Holy Scriptures, we are therein described as pilgrims and sojourners, just passing through this world. A wilderness it is but God, as He did for Israel, feeds us with manna from on high and spreads a table for us in this wilderness. It is THE GOSPEL FEAST that blesses us on this journey. It is the gospel wherein the righteousness of God is revealed to the faith He gives. Like the manna, we are awakened in the morning of spiritual new birth to find the gift of righteousness already there in ...

Before the foundation of the world, God chose a people in Christ and purposed to be gracious to them ( II Thessalonians 2:13) . Those ordained to salvation were "predestinated to be conformed to the image of Christ" (Romans 8:29) . Here is the question I want you to consider: W hat will God sacrifice in order to save the objects of His love from their sins? What was He willing to surrender so that a multitude of rebels would be justified in His sight? I will first tell you what He did not sacrifice. He did not part with His holy character by compromising His justice because " the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23) . He did not give up His honor by lessening the standard for acceptance: "it shall be perfect to be accepted" (Leviticus 22:21) . And, He did not abandon His Law which says, "the soul that sinneth shall die" (Ezekiel 18:20) . I will tell you the sacrifice God gave to save His people from their sins - His own Son...

"His left hand is under my head, and H is right hand doth embrace me." -Song of Solomon 2:6 [KJV] Our salvation in Christ is sure, safe and certain as the powerful hands of God (Dan. 4:35; John 10:27-30) . Believer, you are in good hands with Christ, being made one with Him (John 17:22) . His hands are sovereign hands able to save. "Wherefore H e is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by H im, seeing H e ever liveth to make intercession for them" (Heb. 7:25) . His hands are strong hands able to keep us from falling. "Now unto H im that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of H is glory with exceeding joy" (Jude 1:24) . His hands are tender hands able to teach us the way of salvation. "Come unto M e, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take M y yoke upon you, and learn of M e; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find res...

“ Behold, thou art fair, My love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead .” -Song of Solomon 4:1 [KJV] There is no spot in the Church, because the blood of Jesus entirely obliterates each stain. Omniscience may look for sins, but no more can they be found. The absence of defect is the result of her being adorned with His perfect righteousness. In this no blemish can exist. Thus she appears righteous, even as God is righteous. This blessed truth must be held fast without obliterating the knowledge of our own constant and innumerable transgressions. It cannot be too often repeated, that in ourselves we are deformed and loathsome. The most saintly of saints will ever breathe the prayer, “ God be merciful to me a sinner .” But Jesus says of His people, “ You are all beautiful, My love; there is no spot in you .” -Gospel report by preacher Henry Law (1797–1884 A.D.)

"The eternal God is thy refuge." -Deuteronomy 33:27 [KJV]   Who is this eternal God? He is the great and glorious Jehovah, eternal in His Trinity of Persons and in the Unity of His Essence. And what a depth of blessedness there is in this God being an eternal God; and that in and of this eternity, each Person of the Godhead has an equal share. Look at the love of the eternal God. How eternal was that—not a thing of time, not fixed upon us when first brought into being, not issuing out of His bosom first when we were quickened into divine life; but a love from all eternity, as being the love of an eternal God. "I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee" (Jeremiah 31:3) . And how eternal are the thoughts of God; those thoughts which were of good, not of evil. They were eternal thoughts of peace to the Church; eternal thoughts of mercy to His beloved family; eternal thoughts of manifesting His grace...