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

“ Know ye that the LORD He is God: it is He that hath made us, and not we our-selves; we are His people and the sheep of His pasture” -P SALM 100:3 [KJV] Worship of God and discipleship to Christ must be intelligent. God’s revelation to the heart overcomes native ignorance and darkened understanding. Revelation leads to truth; then, worship is deeply spiritual [JOHN 4:24 ] . Paul decried his generation for “ being ignorant of God’s righteousness ” [ROMANS 10:3 ] . Replace our darkness with light, we pray. “ Know…the LORD He is God ” – Two principal names for God appear: “ LORD ” is Jehovah and “ God ” is Elohim. The former refers to God’s eternal self-existence; while, the latter refers to God’s unchallenged Almightiness. Jehovah is God in the most complete, exclusive and absolute sense. Knowing God as God is the highest calling of His elect. Obeying God as God is the highest gratitude of His elect. “ Know…He that hath made us ” – Worshipers, that is true believers...

"He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." -P SALM 91: 1 [KJV] What is "the secret place of the most High?" It is the same spot, of which Asaph speaks in the seventy-third Psalm—"Until I went into the sanctuary of God, then understood I their end." It is the spot, of which the Lord speaks in Ezekiel—"I will be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come." Then this "secret place" is the secret bosom of God. It is an entrance by faith into Jehovah, by a spiritual manifestation of Him, leading us into a spiritual acquaintance with Him. "The secret place of the most High" is that solemn spot, where Jehovah meets with the sinner in Christ, and where He opens up to him the riches of His mercy, and leads him into His bosom, so as to read the secrets of his loving heart.   It is called a "secret" place, as only known t...

The voice from the cross did not summon men to do, but to be satisfied with what was done: “IT IS FINISHED.” The sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ is the only perfect thing which has ever been presented to God on man’s behalf. “It shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein” [ LEVITICUS 22:21 ] . – Scott Richardson (1923-2010 A.D.), pastor in Fairmont, West Virginia, USA Please find enclosed link to audio Gospel sermons: https://www.sermonaudio.com/search.asp?speakeronly=true&currsection=sermonsspeaker&keyword=Scott_Richardson

  “ Lo , I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. ” -M ATTHEW 28:20 [KJV] Christ is ever with His people — as a shield and deliverer. Our estimation of this truth, will be proportioned to our intelligent apprehension of the number and potency of our enemies — and the costliness and preciousness of the treasure thus divinely protected. There are assaults from which Christ alone can shield us! Innumerable and invisible, sleepless and restless, working with an almost almighty power, everywhere with an almost omnipresent existence, ever plotting our ruin — are the spiritual enemies of our soul, and the sworn foes of our faith! The world and its fascinations, Satan and his devices, the flesh and its tendencies, error and its disguises — are all confederate against the child of God, opposing his every advance in holiness! But Christ is our ever-present shield, near at the moment of assault, and skillful to deflect and disarm it! “Fear not, Abram: I ...