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

  "The idea of a sinner working his way to Heaven or earning God’s favor is not only obnoxious to the Holiness of God and repugnant to His grace, but is also a repudiation of the work of Jesus Christ and an insult to human intelligence!"                                    -preacher Maurice Montgomery

"I am found of them that sought Me not." -Isaiah 65:1 [KJV] Every display of the Saviour’s grace, is a jewel in His mediatorial crown. O what hearts have we, that we are not more humble before Him, more thankful to Him, and more joyful in Him! Jesus, help us Gentile sinners, to look back, to look within, to look up, and to look forward, to excite humility, thankfulness, and joy of heart.  (1st.) Look back, O my soul. View thy natural state; lying dead asleep in the arms of the wicked one—dead to God—under the power of sin—in love with the world—blind to the charms of Christ, without a single desire after Him, or the least care for thy immortal soul.  (2d.) Look within, dost thou find affection to Jesus, and desires after Him? Is it the language of thy heart, none but Christ—I look to none but Him—I expect salvation from Him, and Him only ? O whence this mighty change? Say, did you first seek Christ, or Christ you? Did your desires first go out after Christ, or...

"His servants shall serve Him. And they shall see His face; and His name shall be in their foreheads." -Revelation 22:3, 4 [KJV] Mark these characters, my soul. Jesus hath servants, and they are distinguished from the world. They "serve Him." What is it to serve Christ? The prophet hath described. Free grace hath made them servants, in bringing them from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the sons of God; and therefore he saith, in the Lord's name, "My servants shah eat, but ye shall be hungry; My servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty; My servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed; My servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart." How distinguishing these characters! God's servants have the table of Jesus to sit down to; the bread of life, the bread of God, the living bread, which is Jesus Himself, to feed upon. They shall drink also; for He that is their living bread is ...