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

"We also joy in God, through our LORD JESUS CHRIST, by whom we have now received the atonement."   -Romans 5:11 [KJV] Having obtained the King’s free pardon, for a poor man cast for transportation (- banishment for felony ) , I carried it to the goal to him. Seeing the poor fettered creature fall down upon his knees to return thanks, caused a flood of tears of heart-felt joy to burst from mine eyes. I thought, This is just what Thou, O my precious Saviour, hast done for me. Thou hast obtained a free and full pardon for all my sins, set my soul at liberty, and filled it with peace and joy, by the one atonement of Thy precious blood .  The poor convict had not read his pardon. He had not seen the King’s name to it. I only made the report to him, that I had obtained it. He believed me. Hence he was happy, joyful, and thankful. Thus he received his pardon. Now here is a simple and plain idea of faith: Of what? Receiving the atonement of Christ, and of joy in God. You ...

"We will make thee borders of gold, with studs of silver."   -Song of Solomon 1:11 [KJV] My soul, ponder over these words. What borders of gold shall be made for the believer, but the robe of Jesus' righteousness? And what silver, but the garment of His salvation? If thou art clothed with this, my soul, thou wilt shine indeed with more lustre than all the embroidery of gold and precious stones, which perish with using. But mark, my soul, Who it is that makes them, and Who puts them on thee— surely none but God . And observe how all the persons of the Godhead are engaged in this work. "We will make thee,"  is the language. Yes, Jehovah, Elohim, who said, "Let us make man,"  at the original creation; the same now saith, at the new creation, "We will make thee borders of gold, with studs of silver." And is it not the hand of God the Father in this blessed, gracious act, in the gift of His Son to the poor sinner? Is it not Jesus who h...

"Your life is hid with Christ in God."   -Colossians 3:3 [KJV] There is nothing so deep, nothing so hidden, as the life of God in the soul. It seems to be enshrined in the lowest depths of a man's heart. It does not float upon the surface, like a cork upon the water, but sinks deep, very deep, into the very bottom of the soul. Therefore is it hidden from the eyes of a profane world; hidden from the professing world; and what is more, sometimes hidden from the subject of it himself.  A child of God often cannot see his own faith, nor can he discern the life that is bubbling and streaming up in his own bosom. It is not a lake, spread abroad in the meridian sunshine to attract every eye; nor is it a brook that flows babbling on over the clear pebbles; but it is a well. "The water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water, springing up into everlasting life."  Therefore it is hidden from view. The best part of our religion is that which is l...