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

"Let M ine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler." -Isaiah 16:4 [KJV] "When a man's ways please the L ORD , H e maketh even his enemies to be at Peace with him." Moab was the sworn foe of Israel, but yet Moab shall be overruled to shelter and feed Israel. The world, like Moab, dislikes God's people: but as God's people must sojourn in the world, until the time comes for God to take them home, they shall be taken care of. "Let M ine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab;" house them as travellers in an inn. See that they have a lodging. Let their bread be given, and their water sure. "They are poor; but they are My poor," saith our God. "They are outcasts; but they are Mine outcasts." Oh! precious Jesus, I see Thou wilt still own Thy people. And wherefore is it, dearest Lord? Not for their worth, not for their deservings, not for their adherence to Thee; but because Thou hast love...

"By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament" (Hebrews 7:22). When one undertakes to be surety for another, then the debt is reckoned unto him, and he accepts it. Thus, our dear Savior, our blessed Surety, stood up for us engaged in our behalf. Our debts, all our iniquities, were imputed to Him and laid upon Him, charged upon His person. He fully satisfied, perfectly atoned justice for them. By the one sacrifice of Himself He has taken them all away, made an end of sin, so that justice itself proclaims its own faithfulness to forgive sin (1 John 1:9) .  Grace reigns, mercy triumphs, sinners are pardoned, believers rejoice. Oh believer, you are blessed of your God Who is just, therefore does not, cannot, impute sin to you. True, you have committed sins innumerable; but it is just as true, they were all laid upon Jesus. True, you do commit sins; it is equally tru...