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

"All that the Father giveth M e shall come to M e; and him that cometh to M e I will in no wise cast out." -J OHN 6:37 [KJV] Now, poor sinner, upon whose head the beams of a fiery law are darting; now, poor sinner, distressed in thy mind, guilty in thy conscience, plagued with a thousand temptations, beset by innumerable doubts and fears, canst thou not look up a little out of thy gloom and sadness, and see that THE ETERNAL GOD IS THY REFUGE ? Dost thou not cleave to Him with the utmost of thy power, as being beaten out of every other? Hast thou not taken hold of His strength that thou mayest make peace with Him? Art thou not looking to Him? And does He not say, "Look unto M e and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth" ? He bids thee look at Him as Moses bade the Israelites look to the brazen serpent. Poor sinner, groaning under the weight of thy transgression, He bids thee look to Him. Has the blessed Lord, He into whose lips grace was poured

“ I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep; for THOU LORD ONLY makest me dwell in safety.” -P SALM 4:8 [KJV] Better than bars and locks is the protection of our Lord. Armed men kept the bed of Solomon; but we do not believe he slept more soundly than his father, David, whose bed was the hard ground, and who was hunted by evil men.  Note the word “only” which means that God alone was his keeper; and that though alone, without man’s help, he was in good keeping; for he was, alone with God. O Lord, give us calm repose on Thee that, like David, we may lie down in peace and sleep each night while we live and then joyfully lie down at that appointed time to sleep in death and rest in Christ. -Gospel report by preacher Henry T. Mahan (1926–2019 A.D.) Audio Gospel Sermon, “The Death of a Believer Described” (II TIMOTHY 4:6-8) https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=31206192737

“ Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” - II C ORINTHIANS 3:17 [KJV] Paul encourages all believers to stand fast in the liberty and freedom we enjoy in the Lord Jesus Christ. "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage" (G ALATIANS 5:1) . Consider these brief thoughts on the believer's freedom in Christ… 1). Where Christ in the gospel is the Spirit of illum-ination in our heart, there is freedom from darkness. "I am the light of the world: he that followeth M e shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life" (J OHN 8:12) . "Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of H is dear Son" (C OLOSSIANS 1:13) . 2). Where Christ in the gospel is the Spirit of regeneration in our heart, there is freedom from the bondage of sin. "And ye shall

"Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, W ho is even at the right hand of God, W ho also maketh intercession for us." -R OMANS 8:34 [KJV] As the soul is led and taught by the Spirit, it follows the Lord through all the various acts and sufferings of His life. The first spot to which the Holy Ghost takes the poor sinner is the cross of Jesus. That is the first real saving view we get of the Lord of life and glory; the Holy Ghost taking the poor guilty sinner, laden with the weight of a thousand sins, to the foot of the cross, and opening his eyes to see the Son of God bleeding there as a propitiation for sin. To be brought there by the power of the Holy Ghost, and receive that blessed mystery of the bleeding, suffering, and agonising Son of God into our hearts and consciences, is the first blessed discovery that God the Spirit favours us with.  But we pass on from that to see Jesus sleeping in the sepulchre; for we