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

“ For of H im, and through H im, and to H im, are all things: to W hom be glory for ever. Amen. ” -Rom ans 11:36 [KJV] Here is a glorious and comforting truth to the believer, who is resting in the Lord Jesus Christ, all things are of God. This truth echoes throughout the pages of inspired scripture (Rom. 8:28; 2 Cor. 5:18) and declares that God is God, beside Him there is no other (Isa. 45:22) . The Apostle clearly states that, “All things are of Him,” God is the first cause and last end of all things (Isa. 45:7) . He also says that, “All things through Him,” God in time executes His wise decrees to His own will and pleasure (Isa. 46: 9-12) . Further he says that, “All things are to Him,” our sovereign God is working all things to an eternal end that will glorify Himself. We can apply this threefold rule to many things, such as creation and providence, but lets us consider them in salvation. 1). ALL THINGS IN SALVATION ARE OF GOD! Salvation is of the Lord (Jonah 2:9...

  God is WHO HE IS and WHO HE SAYS HE IS; therefore, a knowledge of God must come from Him by divine revelation. Any true knowledge of the Lord God must be revealed to us by the Spirit of God, or we will perish in ignorance, worshiping the idols of our imagination, calling them God. God is pleased to reveal Himself in two ways: through HIS WORD and through HIS SON. “God spoke to the fathers by the prophets and hath spoken to us by His Son” (Heb rews 1:1-2) . If you would know the true and living God, trust not your dreams, your visions, your thoughts, or your traditions; but, look to HIS WORD and to HIS SON. “ I and M y Father are one... he that hath seen M e hath seen the Father” (John 10:30, 14:9) . Any thoughts or ideas of God which are contrary to the Word of God and the person of Jesus Christ are false and full of idolatry! -Gospel report by preacher Henry Mahan, c. 1984 A.D.