The\nTruth of Thy Salvation
\nWe come into the presence of God only according\nto the, \u201cTruth of Thy
\nSalvation\u201d Ps. 69:13. So, what is the truth of\nGod\u2019s salvation? Perhaps
\nthe alliteration will give us some hooks on\nwhich to hang our thoughts.
\n1. God is SOVEREIGN in Salvation. I will have\nmercy on whom I will have
\nmercy\u2026Rom 9:15-16.
\n2. Christ is SUCCESSFUL in God\u2019s Salvation. You\nshall call His name
\nJesus: for He shall save His people from their\nsins. Matt. 1:21. It is
\nfinished. Jn. 19:30.
\n3. Christ is SUFFICIENT in God\u2019s Salvation. He\nonly is my Rock and my
\nsalvation; He is my defense\u2026 Ps. 62:2.
\n4. Christ is the SUBJECT of God\u2019s Salvation.\n\u2026the gospel of
\nGod\u2026concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord.\nRom. 1:1-3.
\n5. Christ is the SUBSTITUTE of God\u2019s Salvation.\nGod will provide Himself
\na Lamb. Gen. 22:8
\n6. Christ is God\u2019s SATISFACTION in Salvation. He\nshall see the travail
\nof His soul, and shall be satisfied. Is. 53:11a.
\n7. Christ is the SHINNING of God\u2019s Salvation.\nFor God who commanded the
\nlight to shine out of darkness, hath shined in\nour hearts, to give the
\nlight of the knowledge of the glory of God in\nthe face of Jesus Christ.
\nII Cor. 4:6.
\nWe bear these truths to be clearly set forth in\nthe Word of God. Any
\nattempt to approach God on a message of\nsalvation contrary to these will
\nsurely fail. ~Greg
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\nGalatians 1:11-12 But I certify you, brethren,\nthat the gospel which was
\npreached of me is not after man. For I neither\nreceived it of man,
\nneither was I taught it, but by the revelation\nof Jesus Christ.
\nNo one has ever found the true interpretation of\nany passage of
\nscripture until they have found in it somewhere\na revelation of the Lord
\nJesus Christ. Christ is the message and the\nsubject of all the
\nscriptures. That is why we preach, \u201dChrist and\nHim crucified.\u201d The
\nBible, God\u2019s inspired Word is truly a\n\u201crevelation of Jesus Christ.\u201d
\nPastor David Eddmenson
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\nOUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, MIGHTY TO SAVE.
\n
\nThe Dying Thief \u2013 Luke.23:39-43
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\nHow near a person may be to hell and yet be\nsaved! That thief was, as it
\nwere upon the very brink of hell. He had one\nfoot in the pit. Hell was
\nin his heart. Hell had been his life. Soon, hell\nmust be his portion
\nforever! He had done nothing but evil\ncontinually all the days of his
\nlife. In the very last hour of his life, he is\nheard blaspheming and
\nrailing against the Lord Jesus. Yet, he was\nplucked from the fire by
\nomnipotent mercy! – Saved by the Son of God! He\nwas just about to step
\ninto everlasting damnation when the omnipotent\nhand of the Son of God
\nseized him and lifted him up to Paradise! Oh,\nwhat grace is here! What
\nboundless love! What power to save! Who after\nthis need despair? Truly
\nour Lord Jesus Christ is mighty to save!
\nPastor Don Fortner
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\nFaith . . . is not life giving, but proof of\nlife. Faith is not a work
\nfor salvation, but a work of salvation. Faith is\nnot what saves us, but
\nis certain proof God has saved us. Faith is not\na condition we meet, but
\nthe condition God\u2019s Spirit puts in us to \u201cmake\nus meet\u201d (Col.1:12). Is
\nall this important? Do we split theological\nhairs here? NO! NO! For the
\nGlory of God is at stake! That other (false)\ngospel says faith is man\u2019s
\nwork, man\u2019s will. But no, faith is \u201cnot of\nyourselves, but the gift of
\nGod\u201d (Eph.2:8). Faith is \u201caccording to the\nworking of His mighty power\u201d
\n(Eph.1:19). Therefore, it is \u201cto the praise of\nthe glory of His grace\u201d
\n(Eph.1:6) . . . and not rather \u201cto the praise of\nour faith.\u201d
\nPastor Paul Mahan
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\nNOAH FOUND GRACE IN THE EYES OF THE LORD
\n
\nGenesis 6:8
\n
\nNoah had many brothers and sisters, however, it\nis written, \u201cNoah found
\ngrace in the eyes of the Lord.\u201d God saves whom\nhe will and passes by
\nwhom He will and is just in doing so. Salvation\nis not by family
\ninheritance but by grace. There was nothing\nabout Noah that was more
\ncommendable than the rest of his brothers and\nsisters; Noah\u2019s salvation
\nwas all of grace. Noah was chosen by grace,\ncalled by grace, justified
\nby grace, made righteous by grace, and kept by\nthe grace of God through
\nfaith; by grace Noah believed God. Everything\nconcerning Noah was owed
\nto the grace of God. The same is said of all\nwhom God saves in Christ.
\n\u201cO to grace how great a debtor I am daily\nconstrained to be!\u201d
\nPastor John Chapman
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\nWhat Wonderful News!
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\n
\nI was reading through the works of Thomas Brooks\nthe other day when I
\ncame across a short paragraph that thrilled my\nsoul. My heart said,
\n\u201cThis is my gospel! This is my hope! This is the\nONLY gospel (good news)
\nfor a sinner like me!\u201d
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\n
\nMr. Brooks said, \u201cIn this charter—the covenant\nof grace—the Lord
\ndeclares that he will require no more than he\ngives, that he will give
\nwhat he requires, and that he will accept what\nhe gives; and what can
\nGod say more? And what can a gracious soul\ndesire more?\u201d
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\nThe Lord Jesus Christ is God\u2019s appointed Federal\nHead, Representative,
\nSubstitute and Surety for His people, and He\ndied and suffered for them
\nall that the Holy God required of them. \u201cFor\nChrist also hath once
\nsuffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that\nhe might bring us to
\nGod, being put to death in the flesh, but\nquickened by the Spirit\u201d (I
\nPeter 3:18). \u201cSalvation is of the Lord\u201d (Jonah\n2:9). ~Maurice Montgomery
\n
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\nWho Gets All The Glory?
\nWhat men call worship in modern day\n\u201cchristianity\u201d reminds me of the
\ncelebration a winning team has at the end of a\nsporting event. The star
\nplayer is lifted up on the shoulders of his team\nmembers to receive the
\nglory for the win. Then, when the media\ninterviews that player he
\nrightly deflect the glory to his team, knowing\nthat there was no way he
\ncould have done it without them. It is an\naccurate illustration of the
\nfalse gospel. Men hold up their jesus as the\nstar player, but everybody
\nknows he could not have gotten the victory all\nby himself. He needed the
\ncooperative effort of his team.
\nThis is not our Victor. Oh no; \u201cWho being the\nbrightness of his glory
\nand the express image of his person, and\nupholdeth all things by the
\nword of his power, when he had by himself purged\nour sins, sat down on
\nthe right hand of the Majesty on high.\u201d Heb.1:3.\n\u201cThanks be to God which
\nGIVETH us the victory through our Lord Jesus\nChrist\u201d. 1 Cor.15:57. In a
\nsporting event even the spectators take some\nglory for having cheered
\ntheir team on to victory. We, on the other hand,\n\u201clook upon him whom we
\nhave pierced\u201d. Our voices are heard in the\ncrowd; \u201ccrucify him\u201d. The
\nsalvation of sinners is not a team sport. Our\nLord gets ALL the glory.
\n~Greg
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\nThe only thing that makes you differ
\n
\n(Octavius Winslow, “Jesus, Full of\nGrace”)
\n
\n“But by the grace of God I am what I\nam.”
\n1 Cor. 15:10
\n
\nChristian! the only thing that makes you differ
\nfrom the vilest being that pollutes the earth,\nor
\nfrom the darkest fiend that gnaws his chains in
\nhell, is the free grace of God!
\n
\n
\nOh to grace how great a debtor!
\n
\n(Letters of John Newton)
\n
\n“By the grace of God \u2014 I am what I\nam!” 1 Corinthians 15:10
\n
\nIt is a part of my daily habit to look back to\nmy slavery in Africa, and
\nto retrace the path by which the Lord has led\nme, for about forty-seven
\nyears, since He called me from infidelity and\nmadness!
\n
\nMy astonishing unsought deliverance from the\nhopeless wickedness and
\nmisery into which I had plunged myself, taken in\nconnection with what He
\nhas done for me since \u2014 make me say, with\npeculiar emphasis, “Oh to
\ngrace how great a debtor, daily I’m constrained\nto be!”
\n
\nAmazing grace, how sweet the sound
\nThat saved a wretch like me!
\nI once was lost, but now am found,
\nWas blind, but now I see!
\n
\nThrough many dangers, toils and snares,
\nI have already come!
\n‘Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
\nAnd grace will lead me home!
\n
\nThe earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
\nThe sun forbear to shine;
\nBut God, who called me here below,
\nWill be forever mine!
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\n
\nA meaningless gospel, a meaningless god, and a\nmeaningless savior!
\n(Don Fortner)
\n“You shall call His name Jesus, for He will\nsave His people from their
\nsins!” Matthew 1:21
\nThe angel’s message to Joseph was a message of\ngrace, redemption, and
\nsalvation to sinners. By God’s command, He was\nnamed, “JESUS,” Savior,
\nbecause He was sent by God to save His people\nfrom their sins. What He
\nis called, that He is \u2014 Jesus, our Savior.
\nThe Lord Jesus came into the world to save\n“His people” from their sins.
\nThose He came to save were His people before He\ncame to save them, His
\nby eternal election. There are some people in\nthis world, an elect
\nmultitude, chosen in Him before the world began,\nwho are peculiarly and
\ndistinctively His people, the objects of His\neverlasting love, chosen in
\nHim unto salvation (Ephesians 1:2-6; 2\nThessalonians 2:13).
\nThe Lord Jesus Christ is an almighty, effectual\nSavior! He saves His
\npeople from . . .
\nthe penalty of their sins \u2014 by His blood\natonement,
\nthe dominion of their sins \u2014 by His regenerating\nSpirit,
\nthe being of their sins \u2014 when He takes them out\nof this world,
\nall the evil consequences of their sins \u2014 in\nresurrection glory!
\nUniversal love, universal grace, and universal\nredemption \u2014 is
\nmeaningless love, meaningless grace, and\nmeaningless redemption. To
\npreach such, is to preach a meaningless gospel,\na meaningless god, and a
\nmeaningless savior!
\n“You shall call His name Jesus, for He will\nsave His people from their
\nsins!”
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\nThe cross has not become obsolete!
\n
\n(Horatius Bonar, “The Surety’s Cross”)
\n
\n“For the message of the cross is\nfoolishness to those who are perishing;
\nbut to us who are being saved it is the power of\nGod.” 1 Corinthians 1:18
\n
\nThe whole world looked with contempt\u2014indignant\nat the audacity of a few
\nhumble Christians, thus . . .
\naffronting and defying the “public\nopinion” of nations and ages;
\nassailing the religions of earth with the cross\nas their only sword;
\nstriking down their idols with this as their\nonly hammer; and
\nwith this, as their one lever, proposing to turn\nthe world upside down!
\n From that day the cross became “a\npower” in the earth; a power which
\nwent forth, like the light\u2014noiselessly yet\nirresistibly\u2014smiting down all
\nreligions alike, all shrines alike, all altars\nalike\u2014sparing no
\nsuperstition nor philosophy.
\n
\nThis power remains\u2014in its mystery, its silence,\nits influence, it
\nremains. The cross has not become obsolete! The\npreaching of the cross
\nhas not ceased to be powerful and effectual!
\n
\nThere are those who would persuade us that, in\nthis modern age\u2014the cross
\nis out of date and out of fashion, time-worn.\nBut this does not shake
\nus. It only leads us to clasp the cross more\nfervently, and to study it
\nmore profoundly, as embodying in itself that\ngospel which is at once the
\nwisdom and the power of God.
\n
\nYet the cross is not without its mysteries:
\n
\nIt illuminates\u2014yet it darkens.
\n
\nIt is life\u2014yet it is death.
\n
\nIt is honor\u2014yet it is shame.
\n
\nIt is wisdom\u2014but also foolishness.
\n
\nThe cross is . . .
\nboth pardon, and condemnation;
\nboth strength, and weakness;
\nboth joy, and sorrow;
\nboth love, and hatred;
\nboth medicine, and poison;
\nboth hope, and despair.
\n
\nThe cross is Christ’s humiliation\u2014yet it is His\nexaltation!
\n
\nThe cross is Satan’s victory\u2014yet it is Satan’s\ndefeat!
\n
\nThe cross is the gate of Heaven\u2014and the gate of Hell!
\n
\nThe cross is the key . . .
\nto God’s character,
\nto God’s Word,
\nto God’s ways,
\nto God’s purposes.
\n
\nThe cross is the summary of all the Bible\u2014the\nepitome of Scripture
\nRevelation!
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\nHoly and humble Christian love
\n
\nJonathan Edwards, “Charity and its Fruit”
\n
\nHoly and humble Christian love, is a principle
\nof wonderful power to give ineffable quietness
\nand tranquility to the soul. It banishes all
\ndisturbance, and sweetly composes and brings
\nrest to the spirit, and makes all divinely calm
\nand sweet and happy. In that soul where divine
\nlove reigns and is in lively exercise, nothing\ncan
\ncause a storm, or even gather threatening\nclouds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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