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

"The kingdom of God is not in word, but in power." -I Corinthians 4:20 [KJV] It is through the word of God in the hands of the Spirit, that this kingdom is set up in the soul. All God's people are agreed on this point, that they have no more religion than they have inward power. And all the living family are sighing, each according to his measure and season, after the manifestation of this divine power in their souls. Those that are under the law, and toiling under heavy burdens, are sighing after relief, and for that relief to come in divine power—power that shall cast all their sins into the depth of the sea. Those who having tasted that the Lord is gracious have lost their first love, are at times breathing out their inmost desire after power to revive their souls.    Those who are beset with powerful temptations, and struggling, often ineffectually, with base lusts, are crying after power to deliver their feet from the fowler's snares. Those who are hard, need po...

“Filled with the fullness of God”    -Ephesians 3:19 [KJV]   In Paul’s prayer for the Ephesians, his last request was, “That ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.”   It is said of Christ, “In Him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily and you are complete (- full ) in Him.”   “Of His fullness have all we received.”   Among the many blessings believers receive from God is His fullness.   Words are inadequate to describe all that means.   It can only be received by faith, because God said it in His Word.   Were it not written, we could never believe that we have been filled with all the fullness of God.   This is true of every believer without exception, “Filled with all the fullness of God.” ***** Did Christ Finish His Work?   How dangerous it is to join anything of our own to the righteousness of Christ, in pursuit of justification before God!   Jesus Christ will never endure this; it reflects upon His work...

"The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth from all sin."   -I John 1:7 [KJV] Most precious truth for guilty sinners! Lord, help us most deeply to consider what is implied in these words.    (1st.) See the exceeding sinfulness of sin. It has brought these dreadful evils upon us.         a. Loss of God’s image.         b. Obnoxiousness to His wrath.       c . Rejection from His presence. For we are by sin totally unclean. The pollution of sin has brought the curse of God’s law upon us, armed His justice, shut His kingdom against us, and opened the gates of hell to us. The bitter cries and exquisite torments of the damned in hell, will eternally proclaim the malignancy of sin. The everlasting songs of the saints in glory, will for ever proclaim the praises of the Lamb, Who washed them from their sins in His own blood.    (2d.) This proves the curse and defilement of sin. The blood of Jesus Chr...

"He made a feast unto all his princes, and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces being before him. When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom, and the honour of his excellent majesty, many days, even an hundred and fourscore days." -E sther 1:3, 4  [KJV] Who can read the account here given of the royalty and liberality of the Persian monarch, without having the mind immediately directed to look at the Lord Jesus, in His royalty and grace, and to consider both the extent of His bounty, and the honour of His excellent majesty, compared to which this earthly potentate sinks to nothing? What though his kingdom reached over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces, from India to Ethiopia? What is this to Him, whose dominion is "from sea to sea, and from the river even unto the ends of the earth;" yea, who hath "all power in heaven and in earth," and hath "the keys of hell and the grave?"     And ...

"For we are strangers before Thee and sojourners, as were all our fathers; our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding." -I Chronicles 29:15 [KJV]   If you possess the faith of Abraham, Isaac, and, Jacob, you, like them, confess that you are a stranger; and your confession springs out of a believing heart and a feeling experience. You feel yourself a stranger in this ungodly world; it is not your element, it is not your home. You are in it during God's appointed time, but you wander up and down this world a stranger to its company, a stranger to its maxims, a stranger to its fashions, a stranger to its principles, a stranger to its motives, a stranger to its lusts, its inclinations, and all in which this world moves as in its native element. Grace has separated you by God's distinguishing power, that though you are in the world, you are not of it.    I can tell you plainly, if you are at home in the world; if the things of time and sense be your ...

“TIS FINISHED” Tune:  “From Every Stormy Wind” LM Words by Jim Byrd   We bless the name of Christ the Lord, For through His blood we are restored; Redemption’s work is fully done, By Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son.   Each of the prophecies of old, Concerning Christ, by men foretold; They all are finished, for our God Upon this earth in flesh has trod.   No sheep or goat on altars slain, Could put away sin’s guilt and stain; They all are finished, Christ has died, Our holy God is satisfied.   The law in all its fearfulness, Our Lord fulfilled in righteousness; “’Tis finished.”   Jesus fully met The law’s demands and paid our debt.   O may these words bring joy and cheer, Let none who trust Him ever fear; “‘Tis finished,” Christ the Savior cried, And by His blood we’re justified. -------O-------            “For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, Whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy...