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

"I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in M e, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without M e ye can do nothing." -J OHN 15:5 [KJV] Without a union with Christ, we have no spiritual existence; and we may boldly say that we no more have a spiritual being in the mind of God independent of Christ, than the branch of a tree has an independent existence out of the stem in which it grows. But you will observe, also, in this figure of the vine and the branches, how all the fruitfulness of the branch depends upon its union with the vine. Whatever life there is in the branch, it flows out of the stem; whatever strength there is in the branch, it comes from its union with the stem; whatever foliage, whatever fruit, all come still out of its union with the stem. And this is the case, whether the branch be great or small. From the stoutest limb of a tree to the smallest twig, all are in union with the stem and all derive life and nourishment from ...

"There is, therefore, now no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus" -R OMANS 8:1 [KJV] THE FREEDOM OF THE BELIEVER is just what it is declared to be - ENTIRE EXEMPTION FROM CONDEMNATION. From all which that word of significant and solemn import implies, he is, by his relation to Christ, delivered. Sin does not condemn him, the law does not condemn him, the curse does not condemn him, hell does not condemn him, God does not condemn him. He is under no power from these, beneath whose accumulated and tremendous woe all others wither. A brief and simple argument will, perhaps, be sufficient to establish this fact. The pardon of sin necessarily includes the negation of its condemnatory power. There being no sin legally alleged, there can be no condemnation justly pronounced. Now, by the sacrifice of Christ all the sins of the Church are entirely put away. He, the sinless Lamb of God, took them up and bore them away into a land of oblivion, w...

"...Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that He Himself also is compassed with infirmity" -H EBREWS 5:2 [ KJV]   Thanks be unto God for our compassionate and faithful High Priest, Jesus Christ (H EBREWS 2:17) . Our blessed Saviour knows our frame; He knows that we are but sinful dust (P SALM 103:13-14) . But in spite of all that we are (P SALM 39:5) and all that we have done (R OMANS 3:23) the Lord is longsuffering and compassionate toward His children ( II PETER 3:9) . So much that He loves the unlovely ( ROMANS 5:8) , so much that Christ justifies the ungodly (R OMANS 4:5) , so much that the Redeemer died to save sinners (R OMANS 5:6) . We read that His compassions fail not and are new every morning (L AMENTATIONS 3:22) . We read when He saw a multitude of sinners as sheep that were scattered having no shepherd, He was moved with compassion (M ATTHEW 9:36) . What a blessed Shepherd the Lord has pr...

"The gospel of the grace of God." -ACTS 20:24 [KJV] What does the word "gospel" signify? Gospel is a good old Anglo-Saxon word, sprung from that pure Anglo-Saxon stock which forms the bulk, as well as the most expressive and precious portion of our noble language, of that language of which the daily lengthening line is gone throughout all the earth, and its words to the end of the world, our mother tongue, in which God seems to have set a tabernacle for the Sun of the gospel, whose going forth is from the end of the heaven and its circuit unto the ends of it. Its literal meaning is either "God's word" or message, or rather, "good news," or "good tidings," which is more agreeable to the original. But if it be "good news," it must be good news of something and to somebody. There must be some good tidings brought, and there must be some person by whom, as good tidings, it is received. In order, then, that the go...

"For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ." - I Corinthians 3:11 [KJV] Ask yourself, "What am I building on, so as to be able to stand before the holy Lord God?" If you are ignorant of this, I pray the blessed Spirit to convince you, that there is no other foundation for any man to lay, but that laid, which is Christ Jesus . May He give you faith and repentance, so as you may be led to have a total reliance on the righteousness, blood and intercession of Christ for the pardon of sins . -Gospel report by preacher Augustus Toplady

In reading the Scriptures, I not only find that salvation is by God’s grace alone, but also that grace is shown to sinners in a way that honors His justice in the punishment of sin through the death and resurrection of Christ. What does the Bible say about divine grace? 1. GRACE WAS GIVEN TO SOME SINNERS IN CHRIST FROM OLD ETERNITY. "Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began" (2 Timothy1:9) . 2. GRACE IS FREELY GIVEN BUT ALWAYS ON THE BASIS OF THE SUBSTITUTIONARY DEATH OF CHRIST. "Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus" (Romans 3:24) . 3. GRACE IS A SOVEREIGN GIFT OF GOD. "And He said, I will make all My goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on w...

"But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed." -G ALATIANS 1:8-9 [KJV] My heart breaks as I watch people compromise the Gospel. But I must say again… There is only one Gospel! The Gospel of the free and sovereign grace of Christ my Lord. The Gospel that gives Christ all the Glory in salvation and excludes all human boasting. The Gospel that exalts the electing love of the Father, the effectual redemption of the Son, and the irresistible grace of the Holy Spirit . This is the Gospel and where this is not preached, the Gospel of Christ is not preached! Call me bigoted, narrow or cultist if you will, but this is the only Gospel that will save a sinner like me. I am captive to this Gospel! I really have no choice but to preach this Gospel! While...