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

" How can ye believe which receive honor one of another, and seek not the honor that cometh from God only?" —John 5:44 [KJV] "The fear of man bringeth a snare." —Proverbs 29:25 . It is a great enemy to the power of faith in the heart. The esteem of men, to be well spoken of, to have honor and applause from them, are pleasing to the flesh, but hurtful to the Spirit. The wisdom and learning of natural men, are contrary to the simplicity that is in Christ, incompatible with the cross of Christ, and withstands an open confession of Him Who is an honor to us; for by the faith of Jesus we are honored of the Father to be His children, and to enjoy sweet fellowship and communion with Him in our spirits.  Here is the blessedness of the faith of disciples; "It standeth not in the wisdom of man, but in the power of God." —1 Corinthians 2:5 . Hence we are to "call no man Rabbi, for One is our Master, even Jesus." We are to suffer no man to lord...

" If children, then heirs, heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ." —Romans 8:17 [KJV] If a child, from a spirit of untowardness, runs into and rolls itself in the dirt, would not that parent be a monster of barbarity who, instead of cleansing it from its filth, should dash out its brains? Yet there are those who dare assert such to be the conduct of God towards His children in Christ. For they say, though a man be a child of God, by faith in Christ Jesus, yet he may so fall into sin, that God may consign him eternally to hell for it; but, like Paul, such speak "ignorantly, and in unbelief."   While we wish them to be taught better; from such miserable teachers, and such false doctrine, we pray "Good Lord deliver us." What! Can any of God's children be in such a filthy, polluted condition, that He has not wisdom enough to know them? Is there not love and power enough in His Spirit to lead them to the fountain of Christ's blood, th...