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

ALL THE ETERNAL COUNCILS ORIGINALLY TERMINATE IN CHRIST, AND ALL DIVINE BLESSINGS RESIDE IN HIM AND DEVOLVE UPON HIS CHOSEN IN CONSEQUENCE OF THEIR UNION WITH HIM {Ephesians 3:11, Colossians1:19,27,28.} Therefore He says to His Father, “The glory which Thou gavest Me I have given them; that they may be one, even as We are one” {John 17:22.}     THUS, GOD IN HIS OWN IMMUTABLE SELF IS THE AUTHOR; CHRIST, IN THE AMPLITUDE OF HIS OWN PERFECTION IS THE OBJECT; AND ALL HIS LITTLE ONES, IN THE RIGHT OF INSEPARABLE UNION ARE JOINT HEIRS WITH HIM OF ALL THE BLESSINGS CONTAINED IN THE ELECTION OF GOD {Romans 8:17.} And as for those persons whom God has chosen in His beloved Son for His own inheritance, He blesses them in due time, “with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ ; ” so as they shall be perfectly qualified for that Felicity and exalted Station to which they are appointed.    THEY ARE REDEEMED, JUSTIFIED AND PARDONED BY THE BLOOD OF CHR...

"He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool."   -Proverbs of Solomon 28:26 [KJV] We all do so naturally: therefore, we are all natural fools. But, through our blindness, we are ignorant of it; through pride, we will not own it. How many continue in this awful state of folly, ignorance, and pride! Among the many who are made wise unto salvation, how doth this folly of self-confidence cleave to them! Say some, “To be sure, it is the greatest folly for natural men to trust in their own hearts; for they are deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: but God hath given me a new heart, a clean heart, and a good heart; and surely I may trust in it.” This is the natural language of folly; not the judgment of a new creature in Christ . Hear the Lord: “I will give them an heart to know that I am the LORD; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto Me with their whole heart”   (Jeremiah ch. 24.) So that the new heart, the cle...

"His soul was not left in hell, neither His flesh did see corruption." -Acts 2:31 [KJV] Two sweet, but distinct thoughts, arise out of this scripture: one, concerns the soul of Christ; the other, respects His body; and both are most blessed to the believer in the review. My soul! Thou hast attended to the parched state of thy Redeemer, as represented on the cross, and made it the subject of thy morning meditation; do thou now behold what this scripture states, under all His humiliating circumstances, that neither hell nor the grave can have dominion over Him. His soul shall not be long in a way of separation from the body, in the invisible state; for very shortly it shall arise from hades, the hell here mentioned. And His body is too holy, harmless, and undefiled, to admit of putrefaction; yea, it must he presented before the Lord for a sweet-smelling savour. Precious thought to the believer! Jesus needed not to lie long under the dominion of death: He had full...

"But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept; for since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead; for as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive." -I Corinthians 15:20-22 [KJV] Christ risen is the firstfruits of that mighty crop of buried dead whose remains still sleep in the silent dust, and who will be joined by successive ranks of those who die in Him, till all are together wakened up in the resurrection morn. The figure is that of the sheaf of the firstfruits which was waved before the Lord before the harvest was allowed to be reaped (Leviticus 23:10, 11) . This offering of the wave sheaf was the consecration and dedication of the whole crop in the field to the Lord, as well as the manifest pledge that the harvest was fully ripe for the reaper's sickle. The firstfruits represented the whole of the crop, as Christ is the representative of His saints; the offering of them...

Am I Hearing The Truth?   When a person is looking for a church to attend and worship God, that person should never assume that he or she is hearing the truth. Our Lord said in Matthew 7:15 "Beware of false prophets!” They are everywhere, telling every lie known to man! So how can I know whether I'm hearing the truth or a lie? We all must ask ourselves two questions: Am I hearing God's word? and Who is getting the glory in salvation? Is salvation up to me or did Christ finish it alone ?   THE TRUTH is: Christ did it all! (Hebrews 1:3) . Christ has already finished it all! (John 19:30) . And Christ gets all the glory for salvation! (I Corinthians 1:31) . If a man is not preaching THAT, he's not preaching the word of God. And if he's not preaching the word of God, he's a false prophet!   It's not: THIS is what we believe… and THAT is what they believe… THE TRUTH is not dependent on what any of us believe! The only thing that matters is: What ...

  Salvation Is By The Will Of God   God the Holy Spirit effectually regenerates, calls, and saves His elect by almighty, irresistible grace. All those whose names were written in heaven in eternal election, all those who were redeemed by the blood of Christ shall be effectually called by God the Holy Spirit in time. They shall be born again and saved by the almighty power of His irresistible grace.    When the Spirit of God calls, when He draws sinners to Christ, He effectually brings them to Christ. Salvation is not by the will of man, but by the will of God. Salvation is not by the work of man, but by the work of God. Salvation is not by the choice of man, but by the choice of God. “So then it is  not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy” (Romans 9:16) .   -copied