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

" Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." — Matthew 5:16 [KJV] Can a lump of animated clay, a worm of the earth, a creature of a day, glorify the infinitely great and eternally glorious Jehovah? Yes: such honor, such exalted honor have all His saints. For His pleasure they were created at first; for His glory they are born again of His Spirit. Jesus commands His members to it as their duty; the Spirit enables to it as their greatest privilege. The Father accepts, and is well pleased with, and declares Himself glorified by the practice of His children .—Psalm 50:23.  Did Samuel consent to Saul's request, "Honor me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people? " —1 Samuel 15:30. And canst Thou, O son of the Most High, ever need a motive, or want an argument to glorify Thy Father before men? It is to be the chief work of thy life. In this work, as Moses said to Pharaoh, s...

7 Gospel Mercies. Part 4 by D.G. Miles McKee   In preceding Wednesday Words, we discovered that, because of the gospel, we have forgiveness, acceptance as being righteous, adoption, a new heart and a spirit of repentance.    Today we consider another Gospel Mercy, 6) Good Works.   One of the great gospel mercies is that God gives us power to do works that please Him. We read in Ephesians 2:10, “We are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works which God has before ordained that we might walk in them. ”   Now remember this,   Forgiveness is not by works. Acceptance as being righteous is not by works. Adoption is not by works. The new heart is not by works. A spirit of repentance is not by works. However, now that we have all these things, we are released to do good works.   One of the reformers said it like this, “We are saved by faith alone but the faith which saves is never alone.” In other words, he was saying that we are called t...