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

"I said in my haste, All men are liars." -Psalm 116:11 [KJV] Hasty words, for the most part, are not wise words. But, as the apostle remarks, "Let God be true, and every man a liar." It should seem that this hasty expression of David was at a time when he was greatly afflicted. Alas! what exercises, for want of the proper use of them, in their sanctifying properties, are men brought into! But if, from long experience, the heart be led to a just conclusion, that man, in his best friendship, and best intention, is too fickle and helpless a creature to trust in, or depend upon; and from a full conviction of the hollow and deceitful nature of the human heart, the soul is led unto God in Christ, as the only stable and permanent security; thus changing the reeds of Egypt, for the Rock of Israel: here it becomes not the subject of haste, but the deliberate conclusion formed by grace, to consider every being fallacious but the faithful Jehovah.    My soul, take thy stand,...

"I will cry unto God most High; unto God that performeth all things for me." -Psalm 57:2 [KJV] In the word "most High," there is something to my mind very expressive. It is to "God most High" that prayers go up from broken hearts, in all parts of the world where the Lord has a quickened people. "Unto God most High" every eye is pointed, every heart is fixed, and every breath of living prayer flows. Jesus sits in glory as "God most High," hearing the sighs and cries of His broken-hearted family, where they dwell in the utmost corners of the earth; and He is not only sitting on high to hear their cries, but also to bestow upon them the blessings which He sees suitable to their case and state.    Now when shall we thus come "unto God most High?" When we are pleased and satisfied in self? when the world smiles? when all things are easy without and within? when we are in circumstances for which our own wisdom, strength, and ...

Saving Faith | True Faith vs False Faith in Jesus Christ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO2uLtsmYjE -preacher Henry T. Mahan (27 minutes) What is saving faith? Is it simply believing that God exists, knowing the facts about Jesus Christ, attending church, being baptized, giving money, or performing religious works? Or is biblical saving faith something much deeper—a work of God’s grace in the heart that brings a sinner into a living relationship with Jesus Christ?  In this powerful biblical sermon, “A Good Look at Saving Faith,” we examine the difference between genuine saving faith and a false profession of faith through the Word of God. Our main text is Mark 9:23 –24, where the father of a suffering child cries out to Jesus: “Lord, I believe; help Thou mine unbelief.” These words express the struggle of a believer who trusts Christ while recognizing the weakness and imperfection of his own faith. This message challenges every listener to examine their faith in the light of ...

"So an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly, into the everlasting kingdom of our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST."   -II Peter 1:11 [KJV] Our last meditation was gloom and sadness. Here, the sun of comfort arises, and sheds splendour, glory, and joy upon us. O that we may this night enter by faith into the joy of our Lord! Come, Christian! it seems you and I must tarry a little longer on earth, absent from our Lord. How shall we employ ourselves? In studying the word of His grace: in being diligent in the use of means: in exercising ourselves unto godliness. What then? O blessed assurance! “So an entrance shall be ministered unto us abundantly.” When? both in life and in death.    (1st.) In life. We shall find a free and open door into the kingdom of Christ’s grace, love, and peace, even now. We shall have the joy in the Holy Ghost, and the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, in our hearts. Thus, with the full sail of assurance, and the rapid tide of...

"The curse causeless shall not come." -Proverbs 26:2 [KJV]   It is a sweet thought, that the prayer of the wicked is an abomination in the sight of the Lord. And surely the curse of the wicked cannot injure the righteous. But it is doubly blessed when a child of God finds a promising God, a performing God, in making their curses fall to the ground; yea, converting their very curses into blessings . Had not Joseph's brethren sold their brother, humanly speaking, how would he have arrived to the government of Egypt? Had not Haman planned the destruction of Mordecai, and for this purpose erected the gallows, though means would not have been wanting for his own destruction, yet the idea of hanging might not have entered the breast of the king. Yea, had not the Jews crucified the Lord Jesus, where would have been the triumph of the cross to His redeemed?    Learn, my soul, to be looking at these things; not by mere outward appearances, not by the event of the moment, but by t...

"Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am; that they may behold My glory, which Thou hast given Me; for Thou lovedst Me before the foundation of the world." -John 17:24 [KJV]   Nothing short of the revelation and communication of this glory could satisfy the heart of God; and nothing short of the partaking of this glory can satisfy the heart of man. Heaven short of this would be no heaven to his soul. Not to see the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ; to have no view of the glory of an incarnate God; not to be conformed to His glorious image, so as to be perfectly holy both in body and soul—were these things denied, there would be no heaven at all for the redeemed among the children of men.    But God, in giving the saints heaven as their happy home, gave them with it an eternal weight of glory. He has designed that all whom He has chosen unto salvation should reach the heavenly shore; that none should suffer shipwreck by the way...