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

"Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet, that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.—And the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth." -Daniel 2:34, 35 [KJV] Ponder well, my soul, this wonderful vision of the heathen king, and mark its several features. If the Lord be about to bless and comfort His people, how often is it done by ways the most opposite and unlikely, according to our apprehension of things! It shall be accomplished, even by their enemies, and they who wish most to afflict them, shall not unfrequently be made the unconscious instruments of doing the very reverse of what they intend; as in the instance before us, to which these words in the writings of the prophet Daniel refer. The church was now in captivity; oppressed, and brought very low: the king, in whose dominions they were in their vassalage, a despotic tyrant, whose word became the chie...

"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?"   - Romans 8:35 [KJV] Be this never forgotten, that if we have ever been brought near to the Lord Jesus Christ by the actings of living faith, there never can be any final, actual separation from Him. In the darkest moments, in the dreariest hours, under the most painful exercises, the most fiery temptations, there is, as with Jonah in the belly of hell, a looking again toward the holy temple. There is sometimes a sigh, a cry, a groan, a breathing forth of the heart's desire to "know Him, and the power of His resurrection ; "  that He would draw us near unto Himself, and make Himself precious to our souls. And these very cries and sighs, groanings and breathings, all prove that whatever darkness of mind, guilt of conscience, or unbelief we may feel, there is no real separation. It is in grace as it is in nature; the clouds do not blot out the sun; it is still in the sky, though they often intercept his bright rays...

When I say that God is sovereign, I am saying that He reigns over all .  There is nothing and no one over which He does not have complete control to do with according to the good pleasure of His will.  The Lord does as He pleases, when He pleases, with whom He pleases and in whatever manner He pleases.   He is directing all things to the end He purposed in eternity.  His sovereignty is His absolute, independent right to govern all of His creation, whether in providence or grace, according to the good pleasure of His will. -copied 

COME WORSHIP CHRIST OUR KING   O let us render glory to Our ever-living King; Proclaim the beauty of His name, Of Jesus let us sing.   Our Sure-ty represented us In old eternity. The Father gave us to His Son, In covenant decree.   In time Christ Jesus came and lived A life of righteousness; He walked before the law of God, In perfect holiness.   When crucified on Calvary, “‘Tis finished,” Jesus cried; And when He bowed His head and died, Justice was satisfied.   Now Jesus sits upon His throne, For us to intercede; Our wondrous Savior ever lives, To meet our ev’ry need.       Tune:  “Am I a Soldier of the Cross?” CM Words by Jim Byrd     -------0-------     ELECTION WILL NEVER BE DISAPPOINTED         Every sinner chosen to salvation has been redeemed by the precious blood of Christ, will be confronted with the gospel of redeeming grace, and will be regenerated and effectually called to bel...

Evidence Supporting the Principle of the Selflessness of Love God has arranged things in such a way that not to seek your own in the selfish sense, is the best way to seek your own in a better sense.  If you love God and serve others, you will in the long run promote your own highest interests.  You will find true pleasure here below and a crown of glory with pleasures forever at God’s right hand. All things will be yours, even God Himself (I Corinthians 3.21-22.) But if you selfishly seek your own, God will leave you to yourself, to promote your interests as best you can.   -Excerpted from a summarized version of Jonathan Edwards’ book, Charity and Its Fruits, by Daniel Chamberlain, entitled, Love and Its Fruits , p.53

"They shall take to them every man a lamb."   - Exodus 12:3 [KJV]   This was God’s appointed means of salvation, in a night of sore destruction. It was a display of the sovereignty of God, and the obedience of faith. Lord, enable us to bow to the one, and to learn more and more of the other.    Consider, (1st.) The sovereignty of God in His severity upon His enemies, and in His goodness to His people: in destroying all the first-born of the former, and in preserving every one of the latter. And this was in a way appointed by His sovereign mercy. There is no mercy from God to any sinner, but in the way He Himself appoints. This was a lamb. “They shall take to them every man a lamb.” His flesh was to be their food, His blood their salvation. Would not taking the flesh and blood of any other creature have answered the same end? No: To attempt it would have been a direct act of unbelief of God’s word, and disobedience to His will. Such a soul would have bro...