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

"We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts." - II Peter 1:19 [KJV]   The "sure word of prophecy" is the mind of God revealed in the Scripture of truth. This is compared to "a light shining in a dark place." This "dark place" is the heart of man, and a dark place it is; and the light shining in the dark place is when the Spirit of God pours His own heavenly light into the dark heart. The Spirit of God works by the word of God. He makes use of the Scriptures of truth, by means of these blessed Scriptures to communicate light. There is no light in the Scriptures themselves; they cannot teach a man to profit, that being God's prerogative. They are a dead letter, nothing but a collection of words and syllables; there is no light in them, no, not a particle, but what the Spirit of

“ We will be glad and rejoice in T hee” -Song of Solomon 1:4 [KJV] Sweet are the tunes of love in this most unusual book. First, it expresses the love of Solomon and his wife. Secondly, it typifies the love between Christ and His church. Consider, as the church speaks to her Beloved. “ WE” – Here are the chosen, redeemed and called-out ones. We have “ tasted that the Lord is gracious” ( I Peter 2:3) . We continue to make our “ calling and election sure” ( II Peter 1:10) . We rest in the truth that He is not willing “ that any should perish, but that all [of us] should come to repentance ” ( II Peter 3:9) . “ WILL” – Jesus spoke to His lost generation saying , “y e will not come to M e” (John 5:40) . When the day of His power came to us, we couldn’t resist coming to Him (Psalm 110: 3 ) . We have our lamentations, troubles and woes, but still we will come. The coming is continuous, as Peter said, “to W hom coming” ( I Pet er 2:4) .We are resolved t