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

The voice said, "Cry." And I said, "What shall I cry? What shall I preach? What is the message men need to hear?" The voice said, " Get up in a high mountain, lift up your voice, be not afraid, and say unto the people, BEHOLD YOUR GOD !" John Gill said it best: “ Behold your God ! That Divine Person is come that was promised, prophesied, and expected, even Emmanuel, God with us, God in our nature, God mani­fest in the flesh, God your Saviour; and who, being God, truly God, is able to save to the uttermost" (Hebrews 7:25.)  Look to Him with an eye of faith and be saved (Isaiah 45:22). “ Behold your God. ” Behold the Son of God, the Lamb of God, who has borne our sins and taken them away (John 1:29) . Be­hold Him now, as your King and your God, on the throne, made and declared Christ and Lord, crowned with glory and honor, on the same throne with His heavenly Father, having all power in heaven and earth. And let the echo of your faith be, ...

"Kiss the Son." -Psalm 2:12 [KJV] A short command. For brevity, like the poesy of a ring: but comprehensive, like the book of God. For it compriseth all that the Scriptures require of us, and promise to us. It means, that we live in holy love, and walk in sweet friendship with the Son of God.  For, (1st.) a kiss is a token of reconciliation. Kiss and be friends, is a common proverb. “The kisses of an enemy are deceitful” (Proverbs 27:6.) Christ has experienced this, by the kiss of Judas. Though sinners against Christ, yet He loved us: though enemies to Him, yet He died for us. The belief of this love destroys our enmity. The breach between God and us is made up. We are reconciled to God, and have peace with him, through Jesus Christ (Romans 5:1.) How did reconciling grace operate upon the heart of that vile sinner, Mary? She kissed her Lord’s feet, while, with tears of penitential sorrow, she washed them (Luke 7:38.) O! give the reconciling Son of God, this...

"The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree." -Psalm 92:12 [KJV] It forms a beautiful illustration, which the Holy Ghost condescends to give of a true believer's state, as it stands before God, in the allusion not unfrequently made in scripture to that of the palm-tree. The direct tendency of the palm-tree is upward: it lifts its head, in defiance of all impediments, towards the clouds. Now a true believer in Jesus is always looking upward, and directing all his pursuits after Jesus. His person, blood and righteousness are the objects of his desire.  And as the palm-tree is said to flourish the more when trodden upon and attempted to be crushed; so the believer most oppressed for Jesus' sake, will flourish in the graces of the Spirit more abundantly. How fruitful also is the palm-tree: and how much the people of God bring forth fruit in their old age, when, after long experience, they have found that in Jesus alone their fruit is found. How much the...

"How faint the best praise!  How wandering the best prayer!  How selfish the best gift!  When we feel that we are nearest to God, how far off we are!  When we feel that we are most like God, how unlike God we are!  What did the apostle say?  “When I am weak then am I strong.”  Our strength is always Christ, never in anything we are or do." -Henry Mahan   "In Christ there is no further perfection to attain.  In Christ, a sinner is made to be everything that God requires him to be.  In Christ, wisdom is complete, righteousness is complete, sanctification is complete, and redemption is complete.  To know Him is to know it all, and to have Him is to have it all.  In Christ, we are as perfectly complete as we will ever be ( I Corinthians 1:30 ). "                            – Gabe Stalnaker      "Reli...

  Come ye saints, admire and wonder Jesus’ matchless love adore Sing for Sinai’s awful thunder Shall upon thee burst no more Sing, though sins are black and large Sing, for Jesus, by His dying Set you free from every charge Set you free from every charge.   Sing, though sense and carnal reason Fain would stop the joyful sound Sing, and count it highest treason For a saint to hold his tongue Sing aloud, whose holy calling Your election surely shows Sing, nor fear a final failing Jesus’ love no changes knows.   Sing, for you shall heav’n inherit Sing, and ne’re the song be done Sing, for He alone is worth it He our sins did all atone Sing aloud among God’s people In your heart when all alone Sing to Father, Son, and Spirit One in Three, and Three in One.    -old Gospel hymn, “Come Thou Fount”