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

"The L ORD keep thee." -Numbers 6:24 [KJV] How we need the Lord to keep us! We stand upon slippery places. Snares and traps are laid for us in every direction. Every employment, every profession in life, from the highest to the lowest, has its special temptations. Snares are spread for the feet of the most illiterate as well as the most highly cultivated minds; nor is there any one, whatever his position in life may be, who has not a snare laid for him, and such a snare as will surely prove his downfall if God keep him not. When Elisha sat upon the mountain and his servant was distressed lest his master should be taken away by violence, the prophet prayed the Lord to open his servant’s eyes. What then saw he? Chariots and horses of fire all round about the mountain guarding the prophet. Perhaps if the Lord were to open our eyes as he opened the eyes of Elisha’s servant, we might see devils where he saw angels, see ourselves surrounded by Beelzebub and his legions,

“ And He said unto them, This is My blood of the new testament, which is shed for many .” -Mark 14:24 [KJV] “ What a thought to be justified in the sight of the holy God, to have every vestige of sin and pollution washed away. I awoke during the night with that thought. Our Lord has a special way of blessing during the nighttime hours. Here I am on the edge of eternity, and the Almighty Creator waits with a welcome. You top that, brother! I am in God's purpose as the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. Then the words came to me; "Not without blood." I own the blood! I confess the blood! As I age may God by His amazing grace take away any vestige of hope I might have in anything but the "precious blood of Christ as of a Lamb without blemish and without spot" ( I Pet er 1:9 ). I've heard men say, "Well, I just want peace as I grow old." I do too! "Not without blood." It will be a bloody peace or none at all. "And

“ The Lord Jesus Christ proclaimed blood atonement. He said the blood has been shed. It was God's blood...holy blood, precious blood...it was divinely sent blood...saving blood …redeeming blood. The blood atonement means the life laid down, it means the offering up of the Lord of glory!  And He said this was the only basis on which a Holy God could deal with sinful men. Not upon your goodness, but upon the basis of His life laid down...that's how God deals with sinners.” - Gospel report by preacher Rolfe Barnard ( 1904-1969 A.D. )