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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

We see that our whole salvation and all its parts are comprehended in Christ. We should therefore take care not to derive the least portion of it from anywhere else. If we seek salvation, we are taught by the very name of Jesus that it is of Him. If we seek any other gifts of the Spirit, they will be found in His anointing. If we seek strength, it lies in His dominion; if purity, in His conception; if gentleness, it appears in His birth. For by His birth He was made like us in all respects, that He might learn to feel our pain. If we seek redemption, it lies in His passion; if acquittal, in His condemnation; if remission of the curse, in His cross; if satisfaction, in His sacrifice; if purification, in His blood; if reconciliation, in His descent into hell; if mortification of the flesh, in His tomb; if newness of life, in His resurrection; if immortality, in the same; if inheritance of the Heavenly Kingdom, in His entrance into heaven; if protection, if security, if abundant supply of all blessings, in His Kingdom; if untroubled expectation of judgment, in the power given to Him to judge. In short, since rich store of every kind of good abounds in Him, let us drink our fill from this fountain, and from no other.
John Calvin

Imagine, for a moment, the reaction of Hell to the death of Christ. Jesus was bound with the bands of death. What celebration and joy! God was defeated! Vengeance was the Devil’s. But they reckoned without the wisdom of God. For Christ could not be held down by the bands of death. In fact through death He was paralyzing the one who had the power of death, and He was setting His people free (Heb. 2:14-15). What seemed to be defeat was actually victory. The Resurrection morning was Hell’s gloomiest day. Satan saw the wisdom of God and tasted defeat.
Sinclair Ferguson

    • Who Were The King James Transla

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    Who Were The King James Transla

    QUESTION: Is it true that the King James translators were nothing but a bunch of Episcopalian baby sprinklers?

    ANSWER: No.

    EXPLANATION: The company of men who did the translating of the Authorized Version was made up of Bible-believing men from both the Anglican and Puritan churches. Their character and qualifications have been attested earlier.

    Such a statement as, “The King James translators were nothing but a bunch of Episcopalian baby sprinklers, ” is one of those statements which is sadly not based on fact nor conviction. It is made with the hope of character assassination and an ultimate hope of overthrowing the authority of the King James Bible in the minds of believers.

    It might be beneficial at this point to note what the King James translators were NOT.

    They were not adulterers, as David. Nor were they murderers as Moses and David. Nor had any of them sacrificed any of their children to Chemosh or Molech as Solomon had in I Kings 11. Nor had they vehemently denied the Lord as Peter.

    These shortcomings are not pointed out to bring disrespect on any of the writers of scripture, but are noted so that we should be a little more gracious in our description of the men whom God has chosen to use.

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