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

"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 [KJV] The a postle Paul encourages and inspires every believer to "stand fast," defend at all cost the precious freedom we enjoy in Christ Jesus [JOHN 8:32 ] . Through His perfect blood atonement [HEBREWS 9:12 ] , His provided righteousness imputed [ROMANS 4:6 ] , every believer has been set free; free from the curse of the Law [ G ALATIANS 3:13 ] , free from spiritual death [ E PHESIANS 2:1 ] and free from the condemnation of sin [ R OMANS 8:1 ] . Not only are we instructed to "stand fast," defend and hold to the ground of salvation by free grace in Christ Jesus at all cost, but we are also encouraged NOT to be entangled with the "yoke of bondage" [ G ALATIANS 2:16 ] . Don't be entangled, hampered or ensnared again with the bondage of works and law to obtain the favor and blessings...

"But the salvation of the righteous is of the L ORD : H e is their strength in the time of trouble." -P SALM 37:39 [KJV] Times of trouble try the saint of God, and they are meant to do so; that is the very purpose why they are sent, for "the Lord trieth the righteous." Still the promise holds good: " H e is their strength in the time of trouble." When H e breaks up the fountains of the great deep of sin and iniquity, H e strengthens H is people that they may not be carried away by the flood. When H e hides H is face, H e strengthens them to say, "Though H e slay me, yet will I trust in H im." When temptation besets them sore, when they are put into the furnace, the Lord is with them there, as H e was with the three men whom Nebuchadnezzar cast in. The Son of God is there with them, so that not a hair of their head is singed, nor does the smell of fire pass upon them [DANIEL 3:27 ] .   In all their afflictions He is affl...