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

"For whom the L ord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth." -Heb rews 12:6 There cannot be a greater evidence of God's hatred and wrath--than His refusing to correct men for their sinful courses and vanities! Where God refuses to correct--there God resolves to destroy! There is no man so near God's axe--so near the flames--so near Hell--as he whom God will not so much as spend a rod upon! "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore and repent." -Revelation 3:19 God is most angry--when He shows no anger! Who can seriously meditate upon this, and not be silent under God's most smarting rod? -preacher Thomas Brooks (1608 – 1680 A.D.)

"My grace is sufficient for thee: for M y strength is made perfect in weakness." - II CORINTHIANS 12:9 [KJV]   How mysterious are God's dealings! That such a highly- favoured man as Paul should come down from the "third heaven" to the very gates of hell (that is not too strong an expression, for "the messenger of Satan" came from hell), that he should sink in soul-feeling to the very gates of hell, there to be buffeted by "the messenger of Satan;" and all to teach him a lesson that heaven did not teach him, the strength of God made perfect in weakness! Do you not think, that if we are to learn our weakness, we must learn it in the same way? How did Paul get his religion? And must we not get ours, in our feebler measure, through the same channels, by the same means, and by the same inward teachings?   If we are to learn the secret of Christ's strength, it is not by making daily advances in fleshly holiness, and getting stronger in s...

Jesus Is ( Part 1) by D.G. Miles McKee John Brown of Edinburgh once said, “It is because we think so little about Jesus, that we love Him so little and trust Him so little."   To help us remedy this, here are some things about the Jesus that we can think about.   Jesus is the exact representation of God (Hebrews 1:3). No one can explain God like Jesus for He is God. He is God’s self-declaration (John 1:18). So, you want to know God? That’s commendable. But look no farther than Jesus. He is the visible image of the invisible God (see Colossians 1:15). In Him the fullness of the Godhead dwells in bodily form (Colossians 2:9). Jesus is the Foundation (1 Corinthians 3:11). He is the foundation upon which we build our Christian life. “But surely” someone says, “the apostles and prophets are our foundation.” Doesn’t the Bible say that we are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets (Ephesians 2:20)? Yes, that’s what it says … but read Ephesians 2:20 c...

"Every declaration of God to the sinner is on the principle of GRACE and GIFT, NOT AN OFFER, which implies there is some capability in man to make use of the benefit offered. The "offer" of salvation is a denial of man's total depravity and ignores THE GOSPEL TRUTH OF THE NEW BIRTH BY THE POWER OF GOD ." -preacher John Hazelton (1822–1888 A.D.)