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

"Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey." -Psalm 76:4 [KJV] My soul, the more thou turnest over the word of God in inquiries after Thy beloved, the more will thou be astonished at the relation given of Him in His excellency and glory. By every thing that can represent the adorable Redeemer, in His beauty, loveliness, grace, fulness, and all-sufficiency, whether considered in His absolute, His comparative, His relative, or His official glory, or in His glory as the Head of His body, the church, the fulness of Him that filleth all in all; thou art constrained, with the church to cry out at every view, "Yea, He is altogether lovely; the chief among ten thousand." There is somewhat particularly striking to this amount in this verse for thine evening portion: "Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey." Yes! it must be so: for when the soul hath found Jesus, like the merchant-man seeking goodly pearls, having fo...

"But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He hath prepared for them a city." - Hebrews 11:16 [KJV] In desiring a better country these ancient pilgrims wanted something heavenly, something that tasted of God, savoured of God, smelt of God, and was given of God; a heavenly religion, a spiritual faith, a gracious hope, and a love shed abroad in the heart by the Holy Ghost; something which came from heaven and led to heaven; which gave heavenly feelings, heavenly sensations, heavenly delights, and heavenly joys, whereby the heart was purified from the love of sin, carnality, and worldliness by having something sweeter to taste, better to love, and more holy to enjoy.   It is these heavenly visitations, droppings in of the favour, goodness, and mercy of God, which keep the soul alive in its many deaths, sweeten it amidst its many bitters, hold it up amidst its many sinkings, and keep it from being drowned ...

  Who Raised Jesus from the Dead? by D G Miles McKee   “Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up .” - John 2:19 - 22 [KJV]   According to the Lord Jesus, He had the actual power to raise Himself from the dead. So, let me ask, is this the language of a rational man?  Can any mere man raise himself from the dead? By the way, the ability to raise the dead is not in question here for we read of mere men like Paul performing such a miracle (Acts 20:8-12). But have you ever heard of a man who had the power to raise himself from the dead? For a dead man to raise himself would require that he have the very power of God.   However, so certain was Jesus that He could raise Himself from the dead that He made an appointment to see His friends after His resurrection.  He said, “But after I am risen again, I will go before you unto Galilee.” (Matthew 26:32) . Was Jesus sane when He made these remarks? Indeed He was an...