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

 "I will bear the indignation of the L ORD , because I have sinned against Him, until He plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: He will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold His righteousness. ...Who is a God like unto Thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He retaineth not His anger for ever, because He delighteth in mercy.  He will turn again, He will have compassion upon us; He will subdue our iniquities; and Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea." -Micah ch. 7, vss. 9, 18-19 [KJV]

" The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law." —Galatians 5:22, 23 [KJV] This numerous issue is of supernatural generation; like Isaac, who sprang from the dead body of Abraham and barren womb of Sarah. Though believers love to bring forth such fruits, delight to see them, yet through humility they are backward in speaking of them, and averse to glory in them as productions of their own. Hence when these fruits of the Spirit appear inward or outward, like the bride of the Lamb on another occasion, she cries out in lowliness of heart, "Who hath begotten me these?" — Isaiah 49:21 . But is any thing too hard for God? "He maketh the barren soul to be a joyful mother of children." — Psalm 113:9 .  To this very end believers are "married to Jesus by faith, that they may bring forth fruit unto God." — Romans 7:4. There is no member of the ...