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

"Save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever." -Psalm 28:9 [KJV] David in this last verse of this Psalm closes with a sincere and fervent prayer for the Lord's people. He prays for vital things that we as sinners desperately and constantly need. Let us make this our prayer! 1). Save Thy people ….Who are these people? They belong to Christ by electing love (John 6:37; Ephesians 1:3-6) . They are His by redeeming blood (Acts 20:28; 1 Corinthians 6:20; 1 Peter 1:18-20) . They are His by an effectual call of grace (2 Timothy 1:9) . What do Christ's people need? Salvation in the Lord Jesus Christ, for "all we like sheep have gone astray." Our Lord came to seek out and to save His lost sheep (Luke 19:10) . 2). Bless Thine inheritance , those who are the heirs of salvation, (Romans 8:17) . In Christ we have a blessed and eternal inheritance; "AN INHERITANCE INCORRUPTIBLE, AND UNDEFILED, and that fadeth ...

"For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones ." -Isaiah 57:15 [KJV] O what a mystery that God should have two dwelling-places! The "heaven of heavens" that "cannot contain Him," and the humble, broken, and contrite heart! But in order that the Lord of heaven might have a place in which He could live and lodge, God gives to His people gifts and graces; for He cannot come and dwell in the carnal mind, in our rebellious nature, in a heart full of enmity and wickedness; He therefore makes a lodging-place for Himself, a pavilion in which the King of glory dwells, the curtains of which are like the curtains of Solomon. His abode is that holy, divine nature which is communicated at regeneration— "the new man, which after God is created in righteou...

One of Satan's devices in steering sinners away from a hope in Christ is confusion. He will cause someone to consider things that JUST DON'T MATTER. When it comes to trusting and following Christ, NOTHING MATTERS BUT CHRIST. What foolish things people allow to get between them and Christ. "If I say that I have been saved, people will think that I am being self-righteous." What do the thoughts of other people matter? "If I were to be baptized, it would offend some of my family and friends." What does the approval of man have to do with obedience to Christ?! "If I were to testify of the gospel to my friends, they would think I was setting myself above them." What does the judgment of men have to do with the declaration of Christ?  So often, the confusing question that Satan interjects in our minds is, "What will people think?" What does it matter what men think? What matters is what God has said: "Look unto Me and be ye sav...