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

"For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God." - I CORINTHIANS 1:18 [KJV]   Has the gospel ever come to you in power? If it has, it has done something for you. Has it ever, then, dispelled your many doubts and fears? Has it ever made Jesus precious to your soul; ever brought with it light, life, liberty, and love; ever given you access to the bosom of God; ever communicated that spirit of holy boldness and filial confidence, whereby, as a successful wrestler, you were enabled to prevail with God, and get a blessing out of His hands and heart? But it is useless to talk of power when nothing is done. A manufacturer says to an engineer, "I want you to construct me an engine of a hundred horse power." But if the engineer make the engine, and upon trial it be found only of ninety, and the work require a hundred horse power, the engine is so far useless. Now, what would his employe...

Most preachers proclaim a god who has many wants and needs. They say things like, “God wants to bless you; He wants you to be healthy and prosperous; He has a wonderful plan for your life, but he needs you to let him have his way.” Let me be unmistakably clear: any god who requires your cooperation in order to make his plans come to pass is not the God of the Bible and any preacher who preaches such a god is a false prophet. A weak and feeble god is merely an idol , an image that came forth from man’s vain imagination. The true God sets Himself forth in His Word as that One Who does whatever He desires to do, Who always performs His will. “ My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure” [ISAIAH 46:10 ] . David declared, “ But our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever He hath pleased” [PSALM 115:3 ] . Again, the Psalmist said in Psalm 135:4-5, “ For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods. Whatsoever the LORD pleased, t...

“ The religious professor receives doctrines because he sees them in the Bible. The believer not only sees them in the Bible, but he feels them in his heart, put there by the Holy Spirit. The believer gets at truth through trouble. He arrives at the banquet of mercy through sharp pangs of hunger. He lays hold of the robe of righteousness chilled by nakedness. He comes to the cross because he is guilty and there is nowhere else to go. Thus the religionist and the believer (however else they may resemble one another) have an eternal distinction which the hand of God has drawn between the living and the dead.” - preacher J. C. Philpot