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

  Christ Lifted Up! Part 1   by D. G. Miles McKee   “And I, If I be lifted up from the earth: I will draw all men unto Me .” -John 12:32 [KJV]   THREE times in the Gospel of John our Lord refers to His being ‘lifted up.’  On the first occasion, He spoke of it in a private conversation with Nicodemus. This is where the Master said, “ As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so, must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish; but have eternal life” (John 3:14-15 ). Jesus, in that verse, was referring to the absolute necessity of the cursed cross.   Again, in a public discourse, in the Temple, Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the son of Man, then shall you know, that I am He ” (John 8:28).  In this passage, He was speaking to those who would be guilty of executing Him in the manner reserved only for the lowest of the low…the cross.   Lastly, just after His triumphal entry into Jerusal...

" We wrestle..." —Ephesians 6:12 [KJV] It is too comm on for the children of God, when exercised with sharp conflicts of soul, to write bitter things against themselves. But we do well always to remember we are travelers through the territories of an implacable and powerful enemy, whose malicious spirit delights in harassing and distressing us in every part, soul and spirit, as well as flesh. That herein we are not alone; it is the common lot of all the children more or less.  Take, my brethren, the prophets and apostles as an example herein. We shall find them at times, under severe trials and sore conflicts of spirit. But know, Satan our adversary is a conquered foe; he can go no farther than our own loving Saviour permits him. Our exercises last not one moment longer than our dear Lord sees needful; none of them shall issue in our destruction but in Satan's flight, our soul's deliverance, and our God's glory; and, like every thing else that bef...