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

  " For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.” - Galatians 3:26 [KJV] In election the Lord ordained us to be His children. In adoption we legally became His children. In regeneration He gave us the life of His children. In conversion He gave us the glorious liberty of being His children. In justification He gave His Son’s righteousness to His children. In glorification He will give us the inheritance of His children. -preacher Jim Byrd http://www.sermonaudio.com/source_detail.asp?sourceid=13thstbaptist

  "The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God." -Romans 8:16 [KJV] You may not perhaps, for the most part, enjoy a strong or clear assurance of your interest in Christ; you may be frequently much exercised whether you are a child of God; and yet you may at times have had a sweet testimony that grace is in your heart. You may have heard the servants of God so describe the feelings of your soul, so enter into your exercises, and bring forward such evidences of grace, that, in spite of all your unbelief, you were convinced that if these men spake agreeably to the mind of God, which you could not well doubt from the power which accompanied it, you were one of His children; and as you felt this inward witness, your heart was softened and moved within you, and you could not help lifting up your soul in praise and adoration to the God of all your mercies. You might sink again almost as low as before; but whilst that heavenly feeling lasted,