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

"My mouth shall show forth Thy righteousness and Thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.  I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of Thy righteousness, even of Thine only." -Psalm 71:15-16 [KJV] "If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering. But if we and our posterity neglect its instructions and authority, no man can tell how SUDDEN A CATASTROPHE may overwhelm us and bury all our glory in profound obscurity." -Daniel Webster, American statesman (1782 - 1852 A.D.) “ The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everyone has decided not to see.” -Ayn Rand "A formal attack on ignorance is bound to fail because the masses are always ready to defend their most precious possession...their ignorance.” -Hendrick Willem von Loon “Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society.” -Aristotle “ It is better to trust in the LORD

"The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted" (Psalm 18:46). Salvation means the entirety of that work of Jehovah whereby sinners are delivered from sin and all of its effects and raised to the heights of everlasting glory through the blood and righteousness of Christ. Here is the message of scripture: "Salvation is of the LORD" (Jonah 2:9). 1. God purposed salvation. "...Chosen unto salvation before the foundation of the world" (2 Thessalonians 2:13). 2. God provided salvation. "...God will provide Himself a lamb for a burnt offering" (Genesis 22:8). 3. God possesses salvation, it is His to give. "Shew us Thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us Thy salvation" (Psalm 85:7). 4. God has the prerogative to grant salvation to whom He will. "...I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious" (Exodus 33:17). 5. God proclaims salvation. "Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed un