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

"Thy dead men shall live; together with My dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead." -Isaiah 26:19 [KJV]   Thy morning meditation was a blessed portion, to shew thee, my soul, how the justification of the believer is effected by the person of his glorious Head. When Jesus died on the cross, not as a private person, but as the public Head of His church, then He paid the full debt of sin: and when He arose from the dead, the full release was given to our whole nature in Him. Jesus received the discharge; the bond He had entered into for His people was cancelled, and His resurrection became the proof of theirs also. But as the justification of all the persons of His redeemed is in Him, and by Him, so another sweet confidence is in Him also: Jesus is not only the cause of their being justified, but of their being glorified also . In these precious words we have, firs...

"The election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded." - Romans 11:7 [KJV]   Those that are blinded by the god of this world, have no knowledge of what power and feeling and savour and dew are; they see not these things, they are blind to their reality, they are dead to their importance; but the living family of God, who are brought by His blessed Spirit into some apprehension of eternal realities, have eyes to see what power is, and hearts too, to desire to feel its manifestation. Nay, it is the very seeing what reality and power are which makes them desire to experience the savour of eternal things in their conscience; and because they do not feel them as they wish, it makes them often fear that they are blind altogether (Isaiah 59:10).    But the very inquiry, the very anxious cry, the very groaning desire, the very fervent supplication to the Lord that He would not let them live and die without a testimony from Himself, that He would lift up the lig...

“ O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise Him, all ye people.  For His merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth forever.   Praise ye the LORD.  O give thanks unto the LORD; for He is good: because His mercy endureth forever .”    -Psalm 117:1–118:1 [KJV]      -------O-------     CHRIST GLORIFIED       The head that once was crowned with thorns   Is crowned with glory now:   A royal diadem adorns,   The mighty Victor’s brow.     The highest place that heav’n affords,   Is His, is His by right;   The King of kings and Lord of lords,   And heaven’s eternal light.     The joy of all who dwell above,   The joy of all below;   To whom He manifests His love,   And grants His Name to know.     We suffer with our Lord below,   We re...

 Someone said, “If I knew I were one of God’s elect, I would come to Christ; but I fear I am not.”   To you I answer - Nobody ever came to Christ because he knew himself to be of the elect.   It is quite true that God has of His good pleasure elected some to everlasting life, but they never knew it until they believed on Christ.   Christ nowhere commands the elect to come to Him.     He commands all men everywhere to repent and believe the Gospel. The question for you is not, “Am I one of the elect?” but, “Am I a sinner?”   Am I in need of Christ to wash away my sins?   Am I in need of His righteousness to clothe my nakedness?   Is He my one and only hope for salvation?”   Christ came to save sinners.               -preacher Robert M. McCheyne

  LAST WORDS OF SCOTTISH PREACHER,  MR. JAMES GUTHRIE, June 1, 1661 A.D.   (From the scaffold where he was beheaded for preaching the Gospel)   "I am come hither to lay down my life this day, and I bless God, I die not as a fool; not that I have anything wherein to glory in myself: I acknowledge that I am a sinner, yea, one of the greatest and vilest that has owned a profession of religion, and one of the most unworthy that has preached the Gospel.   My corruptions have been strong and many, and have made me a sinner in all things, yea, even in following my duty; and therefore, righteousness have I none of my own, all is vile.    But I do believe, “That Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinner, whereof I am chief” ; through faith in His righteousness and blood have I obtained mercy; and through Him, and in Him alone, have I the hope of a blessed conquest and victory over sin and Satan, and hell and death, and that I shall attain...

“A meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.” -I Peter 3:4 [KJV]       The very fact that God is said to highly value this spirit is enough to show us how important it is.   Meekness is that attitude or temper of spirit that sees that God is in control, whatever He does is right, therefore His dealings with us are good, and to be accepted without complaint.   Meekness believes that God is God.   Always with meekness there will be quietness. This word means tranquil.     It is not stressed out or anxious, because it really believes the God of Glory, who is too wise to err and too kind to be cruel, is in absolute sovereign control.   It is impossible to believe He is in control and not be tranquil, and it is impossible to be tranquil and not really believe He is in control.   A meek and quiet spirit glorifies God!  -copied