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

 "We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to enquire. We know that THE WAGES OF SECRECY ARE CORRUPTION. We know that in secrecy ERROR, undetected, WILL FLOURISH AND SUBVERT." -J. Robert Oppenheimer, as quoted from an address to the Science Talent Institute, March 6th, 1950 A.D. Friends, in regards to upcoming nation-wide elections, with us casting our "lots" or votes, remember that it's written, "THE LOT IS CAST INTO THE LAP; BUT THE WHOLE DISPOSING [Hebrew for 'verdict,' 'sentence,' 'formal decree,' & 'divine law'] THEREOF IS OF THE LORD." -Proverbs of Solomon 16:33 [KJV] Flee to Christ JESUS today, friends. He alone is "The LORD our righteousness!" Cheers...

“ And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.” -Matt hew 11:12 [KJV] Many view this verse as saying that men, by sheer force of their own power, goodness, and will, can gain salvation and enter the kingdom of heaven. This is far from the truth. This verse speaks of the desperation God the Holy Spirit brings God’s elect to in conviction . It is when we as sinners are brought to the point that we see no other hope but the grace of God in Christ – no hope of forgiveness but by His blood and no hope of justification but by His righteousness imputed. When the Holy Spirit reveals to us our sin, impotence, and depravity, we in desperation by God-given faith lay hold upon Christ, and we cannot and will not let go of Him. This is not forcing Christ to save us, but it is the force of conviction that causes us to cling to Him for our lives . Like Jacob wrestling with the Angel (a preincarnate appearance of Chri...

" That I may win Christ ." -Philippians 3:8 [KJV] What is it to "win Christ?" It is to have Him sweetly embraced in the arms of our faith. It is to feel Him manifesting His heavenly glory in our souls. It is to have the application of His atoning blood, in all its purging efficacy, to our conscience. It is to feel our heart melted and swooning with the sweet ravishments of His dying love, shed abroad even to overpowering. This is winning Christ. Now, before we can thus win Christ, we must have a view of Christ, we must behold His glory, "the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth." We must see the matchless dignity of His glorious Person, the atoning efficacy of His propitiating blood, the length and breadth, the depth and height of His surpassing love. We must have our heart ready to burst with pantings, longings, and ardent desires that this blessed Immanuel would come down from the heaven of heavens in which He dwells ...