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

If you notice, much of the news that is printed and broadcast in our day is full of “may” or “could” or “might.” A new medicine “may” help certain physical conditions. Something “could” have this effect politically. An individual “might” do such and such. Not news but speculation! That is the news of man: he might possibly do something but nothing is for sure! This is not so with the “news” of God’s gospel! It is as sure as He is as the immutable, almighty and all-knowing God of truth. That is why the gospel of the grace of God in Christ is always “good news” to His believing people. In the gospel of Jesus Christ there is a clear proclamation of the will and purpose of the eternal God. False religion emphasizes what God will do if men and women do certain things but the true gospel declares what God has done. He has loved a people with an everlasting love, chosen them in Christ out of Adam’s fallen race, put them in an everlasting covenant of which Christ is the Angel...

"Looking unto Jesus the a uthor and f inisher of our faith" -H EBREWS 12:2 [KJV]   Faith, dear reader, is neither encouraged nor discouraged by anything we find in ourselves; it is neither encouraged by our graces nor discouraged by our sinfulness; for faith LOOKS OUT OF SELF UNTO ANOTHER. Nothing will afford such encouragement to believing prayer as a sight of the LAMB on His mediatorial throne [REVELATION 5:6 ] . No matter how desperate may be our case, how often we have failed and fallen, how low we have sunk, it is ALWAYS the believer’s privilege to turn unto his Redeemer and say, “ Look Thou upon me, and be merciful UNTO ME, as Thou usest to do unto those that love Thy name” [PSALM 119:132 ] . - Gospel report by preacher A rthur W. Pink (1886-1952 A.D.)

Long before the law was given by Moses, our whole race fell when Adam fell in the garden of Eden. Adam, a representative man, sinned against God and in him “ all sinned” [ROMANS 5:12 ] . This is why “ death reigned from Adam to Moses” [ROMANS 5:14 ] . But the penalty for sin against God is far more than physical death. Sin cannot be reversed, it must be punished. The penalty God requires for sin is death, a death that will satisfy divine justice. “ Behold, all souls are Mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is Mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die” [EZEKIEL 18:4 ] . “ For the wages of sin is death...” [ROMANS 6:23 ] . That penalty must be paid. It cannot be paid by a sinner but requires the death of a sinless sacrifice. Every picture in the Old Testament sacrifices shows this. Christ, if He be that “ one sacrifice for sins forever,” must be such. If He be our Substitute, He must do the one thing God could not do from heaven, He must ...

"For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven." - MATTHEW 5:20 [KJV] There are three kinds of righteousness, or at least three kinds of righteousness which bear that name. There is inherent righteousness, of which we have none. There is imputed righteousness, which is all our justification. And there is imparted righteousness, when God the Spirit makes us new creatures, and raises up in the heart that "new man, which after God" (that is, "after the image of God") "is created in righteousness and true holiness." When the Lord, therefore, said, "Except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven," he did not mean only an external righteousness wrought out by His obedience to the law for them, but an internal righteousness ...

Two Men, Two Offerings and Two Verdicts D.G. Miles McKee In Genesis 4, two men, Cain and Abel, the children of fallen Adam and Eve, each bring an offering to the Lord. Cain, the farmer, came with the labour of his hands; Abel, instead, brought the firstlings of his flock. Here we see two men and two offerings; two men standing before God waiting for a verdict. Both Cain and Abel were sinners, but both were religious. They each knew that they needed to sacrifice to God. However, what a difference there was between their offerings. Cain’s offering was one of works. He brought the produce of his toil and sweat. Can good hard work rid him of the fact that he and his sin have insulted God? Abel's offering was different. From it we see that Abel understood the necessity of a substitutionary atonement. Abel, by faith, apprehended and bowed to this truth. He knew that, as a sinner, the only way of approach to the Lord was by a substitutionary blood atonement. Tha...

"Even to H im shall men come." -I SAIAH 45:24 [KJV]   The Lord has given an absolute promise that "In the L ORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory." And no less absolute is the addition, and as it were divine corollary to that promise, "To H im shall men come." And who gives them will and power to come? The Father Himself, according to the Lord's own words, "No man can come to M e except the Father which hath sent M e draw him." But will the Father draw all the chosen vessels of mercy to Jesus? Surely He will; for the Lord adds, "It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto M e" [JOHN 6:45 ] . Every act of faith whereby you look to Jesus is a coming. Every beam and ray of hope in His blood and righteousness is a coming. Every sigh, groan, or tear; every contrite feeling, every ...

" Give unto the L ORD the glory due unto His name; worship the L ORD in the beauty of holiness." -P SALM 29:2 [KJV] How can we glorify Him? 1. Praise the perfections of the Trinity. Adore and respectfully speak of the Lord and His attributes. Micah 7:18, "Who is a God like unto Thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He retaineth not His anger for ever, because He delighteth in mercy." Exalt the Trinity. 2. Rejoice in the salvation God decreed, accomplished, applies and consummates. "Salvation is of the LORD" in its purpose, purchase, power and perfection. The Father chose us unto salvation, the Son redeemed us and the Spirit regenerated us and keeps us safe till we see Christ face to face. 3. Believe Christ in Whom all the fulness of the Godhood dwells bodily. Nothing so honors the Lord like believing His Incarnate Word and His written Word. Walk by faith. 4. Be fai...