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

"Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof." -Ecclesiastes 7:8 [KJV] Thus saith the wise man, and it is often true in natural things, but invariably so in divine. Rarely at first can we foresee what will be the issue of any matter which we take in hand. We may begin it with much hope, and find in the end those hopes sadly disappointed. We may begin it with much fear, and find from the event those fears utterly groundless. Whatever we take in hand it is very rare that our expectations are fully carried out, for we have again and again to learn that "man's heart deviseth his way, but the L ORD directeth his steps," and that there are many devices in a man's heart, nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that and that only, shall stand.   But so far as we are amongst the family of God, and as such are under especial guidance and divine teaching and leading, whether our first expectations are accomplished or not, the end stamps wisdom and good...

  The Gospel Truth About Faith (Part 2) D. G. Miles McKee Faith is dynamic and continues to grow as it is bathed in the gospel. Romans 10:16 says, “But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah sa ith , Lord, who ha th believed our report?  So then faith come th by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”     Notice how the “WORD of GOD” and the “GOSPEL” are equated in this passage. They are one and the same!  Faith will grow, therefore, as the gospel is expounded!  The preaching of the good news of the person, work and offices of Christ always brings and generates faith. Therefore, we must get away from the notion that the message of Christ is exclusively for evangelistic meetings!  The gospel is every bit as much for the believer as it is for the lost! What a wonderful gift of God faith really is!  It enables us to take hold of the ‘so great salvation’ that has already been accomplished in Christ Jesus.  When faith co...