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

"Behold, I AM with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of." -Genesis 28:15  [KJV] Here is a promise to Jacob, and not to Jacob only, personally considered, but to Jacob's seed. For the apostle Paul was commissioned by the Holy Ghost to tell the church of Jesus, that we, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. Hence this, like all other promises in Christ Jesus, is yea and amen.    Pause, then, my soul, and ask thyself what hath the Lord spoken to thee of? Hath He met with thee in Bethel, as He found Jacob? And hath He there spoken unto thee? How wilt thou know? Very plainly. Jesus hath met with thee, hath indeed spoken unto thee, if so be thou hast seen thine own unworthiness and sinfulness by nature and by practice; and if thou hast seen the King in His beauty, even Jesus in His own glory, suitableness, and all-sufficiency, as a Saviour; and inclined thine heart by Hi...

"Even the righteousness of God, which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all, and, upon all them that believe; for there is no difference."   -Romans 3:22 [KJV] Here, my soul, is a morning portion for thee! Surely here is enough for a morning portion for poor believing souls to live upon to all eternity. Mark, my soul, what is here said. That righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ, which He wrought out for His church, is the righteousness of God: for, as He was God as well as man, His righteousness was, to all intents and purposes, the righteousness of God. Now the sin of Adam, and the sins of all Adam's children, put the whole together, form but the sins of creatures; consequently the righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ is more than an equivalent, a more full payment than their debt can demand, because it is the righteousness of the Creator. Sweet thought! For God is more honoured by Christ's obedience, than dishonoured by our disobedience. And observe, my soul, how...