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

"If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise." - I Corinthians 3:18 [KJV] The fruit and effect of divine teaching is, to cut in pieces, and root up all our fleshly wisdom, strength, and righteousness. God never means to patch a new piece upon an old garment; He never intends to let our wisdom, our strength, our righteousness have any union with His; it must all be torn to pieces, it must all be plucked up by the roots, that a new wisdom, a new strength, and a new righteousness may arise upon its ruins. But till the Lord is pleased to teach us, we never can part with our own righteousness, never give up our own wisdom, never abandon our own strength. These things are a part and parcel of ourselves, so ingrained within us, so innate in us, so growing with our growth, that we cannot willingly part with an atom of them till the Lord Himself breaks them up...

  Justified from All Things by D.G. Miles Mckee   “Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins; and by H im all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses." -Acts 13: 38-39 [KJV] JUSTIFIED FROM ALL THINGS … what does that mean? That means the believer is perfectly cleared from the guilt of every sin. No charge can be brought against them for when the believer was justified, he was declared righteous, according to the just judgment of God. The law of Moses could never justify us … it could only condemn. But because of the gospel, God now justifies the ungodly. But how can this possible? Is it because of works of righteousness which we have done? Never! It is “through this man,” the Lord Jesus Christ, whom Paul preached as having died and risen again. In Romans 4, God justifies. Whom does He justify? The ungodly that work not. Is there a...