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

“ Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.” -PSALM 119:111 [KJV]

The decree of Election stands upon an unchangeable foundation, to wit, that Rock of ages, "Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and today, and forever" [HEBREWS 13:8 ] . As the first Adam was the foundation stone in the decree of creation, so the last Adam, even Jesus, is the foundation stone in the decree of election. God hath blessed us in Him, yea, and we shall be blessed. He hath chosen us in Him, pardoned us in Him, sealed us in Him, built us up and completed us in Him; "According to His own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began" [II TIMOTHY 1:9 ] . All those acts of grace are said to be in Christ, who hath blest us in Christ [EPHESIANS 1:3 ] , chosen us in Him [EPHESIANS 1:4 ] , pardoned us, "in W hom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins" [EPHESIANS 1:7 ] , "in W hom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed" [EPHESIANS 1:13 ] , "rooted and built...

"Being justified freely by H is grace." -ROMANS 3:24 [KJV] And it is because grace is free it can reach us. How free is the sun in sending forth its enlightening, warming beams; how free the clouds in discharging their watery treasures; how free the dew in falling from the face of heaven; how free the wind in blowing where it listeth. Now these are scriptural types and representatives of the free grace of God. It shines as freely as the sun; drops as freely as the rain; falls as freely as the dew; and blows as freely as the wind. But not in grace as in nature to all men. I mean not that; but all to whom it comes it comes freely. And whenever it so comes it communicates precious things with it. As the sun lights and warms, as the rain fertilises, as the dew softens, as the wind invigorates, so it is with the grace of God which comes out of the fulness of Christ. It enlightens the understanding, warms the heart, fertilises the soul, softens the spirit, and invigo...

"Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory, with exceeding joy; to the only wise God, our Savior, be glory, and majesty, dominion, and power, both now and ever. Amen." We cannot for a moment hesitate to know Whom the Apostle means. He that hath all along preserved His Church must be the same that keeps her from falling. And it is the special and personal office of Christ to present His Church to Himself at the last day. We no where read in Scripture concerning the person of God the Father or God the Holy Ghost, presenting the Church before the throne. It is God the Son’s personal office, as Mediator, to bring her home as a bride adorned for her husband and present her to Himself. Hence that beautiful description given to the Church by Paul. Christ " loved the Church ," saith Paul, "and gave Himself for it, that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by th...