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

"And they laughed Him to scorn." — Matthew 9:24 [KJV] Wonderful indeed is our Master in patience, meekness, love, and goodness, under such insult and scorn. "When Herod saw Jesus he was exceeding glad: he desired to see Him of a long season, for he hoped to see some miracle done by Him." Miracles may satisfy the curiosity; they do not of themselves, convert the heart to the truth. This is plain. Herod saw in Jesus a most astonishing miracle. Behold innocence itself arraigned and accused—death in its most cursed and ignominious form threatened.  Amazing to consider! Jesus stood mute; His tongue locked up in silence. His mighty arm, which could have dealt destruction at a blow, He suffered to be bound; Himself set at nought, mocked, and in derision arrayed in a robe of mock royalty—WHITE, saith Beza. So Herod, though undesigned, gives him a token of His innocence; as Pilate, contrary to his judgment and intention, gives Him a title, "This is the King

The Much-Needed Mediator by D.G. Miles McKee ‘For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. ’ (1 Timothy 2:5).   The truth of salvation could scarcely be more beautifully expressed than in this one scripture, 1 Timothy 2:5.   What a verse!  If we were to meditate on it, we would find that it contains a vast volume of truth in a very little space.  For example, it declares that God is One and that we need a mediator to get through to Him.  Then it tells us that there is only one mediator, not two, not three … only one.   We find more truth about the mediator throughout the Bible.   Take for example the Book of Job.     Do you remember how Job’s friends were convinced that the evil things that had befallen him were because of Job’s sin?  Job was having none of it and made himself busy by justifying himself, saying things like, “My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go” (Job 27:6). However, he could not hold out indefinitely.  Ev