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

"And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy; even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem. When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof, by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning." -Isaiah 4:3-4  [KJV] What a precious scripture is here! and what vast things are contained in the bosom of it! Mark them down, my soul, one by one, this evening, and see what of thy personal interest thou canst trace in the whole. And first, who they are, of whom these things are said, namely, "the living in Jerusalem; even every one that is written: and he that is left, and he that remaineth." By living, and being written, can only be meant what the beloved apostle saith of being "written in the book of life." - Revelation 13:8  And of "him that remaineth," there is, as ...

  God’s Thoughts or Man’s?  by  D.G Miles McKee “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith the L ORD .”  (Isaiah 55:8). A few years ago, a lady, dying of cancer, became very anxious about her place in eternity. As a result, she began asking almost everyone she met about their views of salvation.  She received various replies. One person told her to pray a lot and she’d be OK.  Another told her to do a lot and she’d be fine.  That person went on to say that salvation came by working for God and doing good deeds.  One man, on the other hand, went as far as to tell her there was no such thing as salvation.  He said that we are born, we grow up, we get old and then we die … that’s it.  It’s all over.  Finito. There’s nothing more beyond. A Christian then visited her. The sick lady, now bedridden, earnestly inquired, “What are your views of salvation?”  “I have no views,’ was the reply.  T...

"Commit thy way unto the L ORD ; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass." - Psalm 37:5 [KJV] What shall God bring to pass? The thing that lies deepest in the heart— "thy way."   Does not thy way lie deepest in thy soul— the path that God has led, the path that God is now leading you by? You may be troubled in your soul, doubting and fearing in your mind, distressed in your feelings; you may sink down to the lowest point that a child of God can sink to; yet that way, in which you are so deeply sunk, if the Lord enable you from time to time to commit it to Him, and trust in Him, He will bring to pass above what your heart desires.  Look at the movements of your heart God-ward; look at your embarrassments, temptations, and exercises; look at that which rolls backwards and forwards in your mind, that which is tossed to and fro on the waves of your anxious bosom,—what lies nearest, dearest, and deepest,—let honest conscience speak. That, whatever it be, the Lo...