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

"For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son. And hath given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man."   -John 5:22, 27 [KJV]   Here, my soul! here is a sweet and blessed portion to take with thee, night by night, as a sleeping draught, to lie down with in holy composure; or if thou lie watchful, to give thee songs in the night. Every night is a new watchword of the night of death; and none can tell thee when thou droppest asleep, whether, in the next opening of thine eyes, thou mayest not open them in eternity, and find thyself standing before the judgrnent-seat of Christ! Dost thou not wish to be prepared for such an event, and not to leave so infinitely momentous a concern to a peradventure? Read then, again and again, this sweet scripture. I take for granted, that thou knowest Jesus; and art acquainted, yea, savingly acquainted with His glorious person, as thy Surety; and the merits of His blood a...

"Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ."   -John 1:17 [KJV] The way to learn truth is to be much in prayer to the Lord Jesus Christ; as you lie upon your bed, as engaged in your daily occupation, to be from time to time looking up to the Lord Himself as He sits upon His throne of grace, and be begging of Him to teach you Himself, for He is the best teacher. The words which He speaks, they "are spirit and life." What He writes upon our hearts is written in characters which will "stand every storm and live at last."  We forget what we learn from man, but we never forget what we learn from Jesus.  Men may deceive—Christ cannot. You can trust no minister really and fully. Though you may receive truth from his lips, it is always mixed with human infirmity. But what you get from the lips of Jesus, you get in all its purity and power. It comes warm from Him; it comes cold from us. It drops like the rain and distils like the dew from His mouth; it come...

Here’s the Question , Part I by D G Miles McKee   Here’s the Question … What does it take for a believer to lose their salvation and perish? Here’s the answers…   Reason l . For a believer to become lost and perish, Christ would have to become a liar. Why? Jesus would become a liar because He promised that believers could never perish.  Listen to Him in John 10:28 “ And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand."   Reason 2 . For a believer to become lost and perish, Christ would have to become a promise breaker. Afterall, He promised to never cast us out.  Listen to Him in John 6:37 where He says, “ All that the Father gives Me shall come to Me; and him that comes to Me  I will in no wise cast out.”     Reason 3.  For a believer to become lost and perish, Christ would have to leave him to his own devices. But will Christ ever leave His people?  He promised He ...

"He will reprove   ( -convince ) the world of sin."   -John 16:8 [KJV] Has the Spirit so convinced, so reproved you of sin, of the curse of the law of sin, of the wrath of God revealed against all sin; and of that sin of sins, unbelief, that whosoever lives and dies in, is under the wrath of God: so that you have fled for refuge to Jesus, and have taken shelter in His wounds, to be saved from all sin; then you are blessed: your soul is safe, your salvation is sure. The Spirit has glorified the Redeemer in your eyes and to your heart. And Christ will glorify your soul with Him in His own kingdom.  Is not the Spirit rightly styled the Comforter ? Did He not act the part of a comforter, even in convincing of sin? What if your heart was broken and bled for sin, yet it was that you might be comforted with the love, and made joyful in the salvation of Jesus. But having thus convinced you of sin, and brought you to Christ for salvation, has the Spirit done with you...

"And Jesus Himself began to be about thirty years of age." -Luke 3:23 [KJV] How marvellous in all things are the ways of God to us! Was Jesus indeed in the world, and the world made by Him, and the world knew Him not? And did He remain hid away, and unknown for the first thirty years of His life? Did the Son of God come on earth to do away sin by the sacrifice of Himself, and yet enter not upon the full purpose of His mission until so large a portion of His life upon earth had passed away? Oh! wonder-working God! how true it is, that Thy ways are not our ways, nor Thy thoughts our thoughts! Yet, my soul, though thy Jesus did not engage in His public ministry, in the more open display of it by His miracles and preaching, yet surely those thirty years were of vast importance on the score of redemption. No doubt Jesus spent them in obedience to His Father's law, manifesting a life of holiness and purity, suited and corresponding to the immaculate perfection of His nature, ...

"Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to Him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife hath made herself ready." -Revelation 19:7 [KJV] We want two things to take us to heaven; a title to it, and a meetness (- qualified, enabled ) for it. Our only title to heaven is the blood and righteousness of the Son of God — that blood which "cleanseth from all sin , "  and that righteousness which "justifies us from all things from which we could not be justified by the law of Moses."  Nothing unclean or defiled can enter heaven. This is God's own testimony: "There shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie, but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life"   (Revelation 21:27) . But besides the title, there must be also a meetness for this heavenly city, according to the words of the apostle: "Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be...