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

 "And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen ." ---Jesus Christ the Lord, The Gospel according to Matthew 28:18-20 "...Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are His: and He changeth the times and the seasons: He removeth kings, and setteth up kings: He giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: He revealeth the deep and secret things: He knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with Him." ---Daniel 2:20-22 "For the kingdom is the LORD's: and He is the governor among the nations." ---Psalm 22:28 "For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LO...

"Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love M e, he will keep M y words: and M y Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him ." -John 14:23 [KJV] There are two grand vital points that every Christian should seek to be established in. The first is,—Is he a believer in Christ? Has the blessed Spirit made Christ known to his soul? Has he embraced Jesus in the arms of living faith? The second point which he should seek to have established in his soul is,— Does he abide in Christ? This he may know by having some testimony that Christ abides in him, and produces the fruits that flow out of this inward abiding. If Christ abide in him, his heart will not be like the nether mill-stone. He cannot rush greedily into sin; he will not love the world, and the things of time and sense; he cannot happily love idols, or do those things which ungodly professors do without one check or pang.   Jesus in the soul is a guest that will make Himself known; y...

We are about to reach the end of our nation’s quadrennial frenzy over who shall occupy the positions of power in our government. We have been bombarded with campaign ads decrying the opposition candidate as evil incarnate with the one making the ad claiming to be the only hope we have of holding back the wave of destruction the opposition will most certainly bring. But the child of God does not have to participate in that frenzy. We do not have to act as though the things we hold most dear are put at risk by the possibility that this or that candidate will win. In fact, if we are in great distress over the possibility that what we hold most dear will be lost, it is likely that we are holding the wrong things most dear! There are genuine believers on both sides of the political aisle of our nation (yes, there really are), and seeing that they are not only believers but humans as well, they can get caught up in the stress of a national election. I know I can. What can we do to settle...