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

"A ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes." -Acts 24:5 [KJV] My soul! hast thou arrived at that station of dignity, to be reproached for Christ's sake? If so, thou wilt enter into a proper sense and enjoyment of the title Paul was branded with; a ringleader, or a standardbearer of the cross. One who, not content with receiving Christ into his own heart, determines, let the cost be what it may, the loss of reputation or of life, to proclaim Jesus upon the house-top. This is to be a ring-leader! An honourable station! and one that Jesus loves! Jesus Himself was Jehovah's ringleader, for He saith, "In that day, there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the gentiles seek, and His rest shall be glorious," Isaiah 11:10 . And elsewhere, Jehovah saith, "Behold, I have given Him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people," Isaiah 55:4 .   My soul, hast thou taken part in the repro

  Jesus is Jehovah Jireh .   by D.G. Miles McKee   I often hear preachers proclaim that Jesus, Jehovah Jireh, will provide all our material needs. I have no problem with this statement for I can personally testify of being in full-time ministry since the early 1980s, without a salary.  Jehovah Jireh has provided every need and will, by grace, continue to provide.   But, when this name, Jehovah Jireh, was first brought to our attention, it didn’t have to do with finances, but, rather, with substitutionary sacrifice.  The designation of Jehovah the provider is first found in Genesis 22, and it concerns the faithful provision of a substitute for Isaac.  Do you remember the story?  The Lord had told His friend Abraham to take his beloved son Isaac and sacrifice him on an altar.  Old Abraham, I’m sure was confused by this command and, if so, he had every right to be for, after all, the Lord had given him Isaac as a child of promise.    Nevertheless, in obedience, the great man rose up early