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

  "Brethren, farewell." - II Corinthians 13:11 [KJV] To fare well, spiritually understood, is to have everything that God can make us happy in. All God's people will eventually fare well. They all stand complete in Christ: nothing can touch their eternal safety; for they are all complete in Him, "without spot, or blemish, or any such thing." In this point of view, they must all in the end and for ever fare well.   But when we come to the matter of experience, we often find that those very times when God's people think they are faring ill, are the seasons when they are really faring well; and again, at other times, when they think they are faring well, then they are really faring ill. For instance, when their souls are bowed down with trouble, it often seems to them that they are faring ill. God's hand appears to be gone out against them: He has hidden His face from them; they can find no access to a throne of grace; t...

“ Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ” - Titus 2:13 [KJV]   When the Lord saved me, many years ago, it seemed that at every Christian meeting I attended they were speaking about the Second Coming of Jesus.  I don’t hear so much about that wonderful subject anymore unless, that is, the meeting has to do with End Time Bible Prophesy.  Even then, the emphasis is not usually on the Lord Jesus but about supposed events and geographical predictions.  However, mark it down, write it large in your heart:  Jesus Christ  IS  coming back in person and in power!   Jesus is coming back!! Listen to what He announced to His disciples late in His earthly ministry. He said, “Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, believe also in M e.  In M y Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare ...