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

"Christ did not win a hypothetical salvation for hypothetical believers, a mere possibility of salvation for any who might possibly believe, but a real salvation for His own chosen people .  Its saving power does not depend on faith being added to it; its saving power is such that faith flows from it." -preacher J. I. Packer

A Christ honoring, instructive Gospel message. Be greatly encouraged in Christ JESUS, "The LORD our Righteousness." -Jeremiah 23:6 & 33:16 [KJV] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9oQQnCjbIw

"For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect."   -Romans 4:14 [KJV] Who are of the law? The openly professed Jew only? Nay, verily; but every man, who has the faith and hope of a Jew, he is of the law. What is their faith and hope? Every man’s hope is of the same nature as his faith. A Jew believes, that he is to seek for righteousness and life by the works of the law —that on account of his obedience to it, he hopes he shall be an heir of life and glory.  Well, but the Jews totally reject Christ, says one, but I do not. I believe Christ died for the sins of the whole world; that I am justified, and pardoned through His blood now; and that at the last day, I shall be justified, and entitled to God’s kingdom, for the sake of my good works : that there is first a justification by faith, and a second justification by works. Take knowledge of thyself. Thou art of the law, and under the law, and expectest to be an heir of ete...

"The LORD will command His loving-kindness in the day-time, and in the night His song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life."   -Psalm 42:8 [KJV] Both night and day open sources of comfort, when Jesus is present, and when Jesus sanctifies. How, indeed, my soul, canst thou be otherwise than comfortable, while Jesus is with thee, and manifesting Himself unto thee? And do observe, my soul, the sweet expression in this verse. Thy Lord, thy Jesus, will both create blessings and command them.  His loving-kindness, which is better than life itself will make daylight in the soul, when otherwise it is night. And His love will shine, as the stars in the darkest night sparkle with more lustre, with increasing brightness, when dark providences are around. Nay, Jesus will give songs in the night, when all things else are out of tune. Do Thou, Lord, do Thou, my Lord, command then Thy loving-kindness both by day and night, and my prayer and praise shall both go forth to Th...

"And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."   -John 1:14 [KJV] The glory of Christ, in His suffering manhood, was veiled from the eyes of all but those who were taught by the blessed Spirit and enlightened to see it. And what glory is still to be seen by believing eyes in an incarnate God! The grandeur of Deity, tempered by the weakness of humanity, and yet shining through it, as the noonday sun shines through the clouds, which so far veil his rays that though they permit him to be seen they do not dazzle nor blind the eye!  The Son of God in the babe of Bethlehem; the "only begotten of the Father,"  sweating great drops of blood in the Garden, and hanging upon the cross at Calvary; yet in His lowest state, when covered to man's eye with ignominy and shame, glory streaming from every pore of His sacred body, majesty and beauty shining forth from every line...