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

“ God has left in all His children the ‘old man,’ to remind us of our base origin, to hide pride from our eyes, to exclude boasting from our lips, and to keep us from putting any confidence in the flesh. It is to exercise our grace, especially patience; to make us watchful, to make us sensible of the depth of man's fall, and finally, to exalt the grace of God; to make us sick of self, and sick of the world, sick of sin, and to teach us to prize Christ the Great Physician, and to make us long for that perfect rest which remaineth to the people of God.” -preacher William Huntington, 1745-1813 A.D.

“ ... yea, in the shadow of Thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.” -Psalm 57:1c [KJV] It is not unusual for the Lord’s people to be brought to hardships, sicknesses and distresses in this world by God’s good and wise providence. “ These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world” (John 16:33) . In the midst of these difficulties recollect that nothing comes to pass apart from the purpose of Him who “ worketh all things after the counsel of His own will” (Ephesians 1:11) . The very origin of every trial is the holy and wise purpose of God. The Lord, through His providence, brings to pass that which was predestinated before He ever made the world. Let us learn, therefore, in the midst of the afflicting occurrences of life, not only to be submissive to the will of God, but to rejoice in the Lord who universally governs to fulfill His purpose and w...

The natural man has always opposed the Scriptures, but it does appear that in our day the enemy has waged an all-out war against the precious truth which we hold dear. Let this be established, There is but one authority for faith and practice - the inerrant and inspired Word of the Lord. The Book of God tells of the origin of all things, the fall of man into a sinful condition from which he cannot extract himself, the coming of the Son of God and His successful work of redemption. It tells of the standard by which all men shall be measured for acceptance with God, the righteousness of the God-Man. And it tells us that when the Lord Jesus died, He put away the sins of His people and rendered to divine justice that which it demanded for those He came to save with full satisfaction. The Bible tells of salvation all of grace, all in Christ and that it is of the Lord in its purpose, purchase, power and perfection. Let others do what they will, but as for me, I bow to the Word of the livin...

"Therefore let no man glory in men . For all things are yours; whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's ." - I Corinthians 3: 21-23 [KJV] Whatever there be in heaven, whatever there be in earth, that can be for your spiritual good, all is yours so far as you are an heir of God and a joint-heir with Christ. The silver and the gold and the cattle upon a thousand hills are all Christ's because all power is given to Him in heaven and in earth. Whatever your temporal wants may be, He can supply them, because He is king on earth as well as in heaven. Whatever enemies you may have, He is able to defeat them; whatever evils may press upon you, He is able to subdue them; whatever sorrows surround you, He is able to console you under them. Everything in time, everything in eternity, in this world and in the world to come, are all on your side, t...

It is utterly amazing that the natural man entertains the idea that he has some sort of veto power over the eternal decrees of God Almighty. Men say that God has a wonderful plan for everyone, but that plan will only come to fruition if the Lord is allowed to have His way. What kind of God would He be if His purpose was dependent upon us and could be derailed by the will of puny man? No one is surprised when our plans fail to come to pass because we often lack the power and/or the wisdom to bring our desires to pass. However, since the Lord’s power is unlimited and His wisdom is infinite, nothing could possibly hinder Him from fulfilling that which He has eternally purposed to do. “But He is in one mind, and who can turn Him? and what His soul desireth, even that He doeth” (Job 23:13) . For any to think that God’s eternal and irreversible purpose might fail or that He might try to do something and yet not be able to complete it is to reduce the Almighty to the level of H...