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

"But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law." -G ALATIANS 5:18 [KJV] I F WE ARE LED OF THE SPIRIT by walking in Him; if He be our Guide and Teacher; if He be continually operating upon our heart, and bringing near the influences of His grace; if He be in us and with us, guiding us into all truth, making and keeping us believing, loving, prayerful, tender, watchful, humble, contrite, and sincere; if we are thus led by the Spirit, we are not then under the law. Now whilst the conflict is going on in your bosom, you are often in your feelings under the law. The law's curse is ringing in your ears, the law's condemnation piercing your conscience. The flesh in some unguarded moment, it may be, prevails: you are entangled in some evil; you slip and fall into something which brings guilt upon your conscience. Now the law thunders; inward condemnation re-echoes its peals; and the soul falls into bondage, doubt, and fear. But if you are led b...

“ And he said unto me,   O Daniel, a man greatly beloved… Fear not ” - DANIEL 10:11, 12 [KJV] Daniel was a man greatly loved by God. Child of God, do you hesitate to appropriate this title? Ah! has your unbelief made you forget that you are greatly loved by God? Must you not have been greatly loved--to have been bought with the precious blood of Christ ? When God smote His only begotten Son for you--what was this but being greatly loved by Him? You lived in sin and rioted in it--must you not have been greatly loved for God to have borne so patiently with you? You were called by grace and led to the Savior, and made a child of God and an heir of Heaven! All this proves, does it not--a very great and super-abounding love for you? Since that time, whether your path has been rough with troubles, or smooth with mercies-- it has been full of proofs that you are greatly loved by God . If the Lord has chastened you--yet it was not in anger. If He has made you poor--yet...