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

" Truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ." —I John 1:3 [KJV] The prophet asks, "Can two walk together, except they be agreed?" —Amos 3:3. No. There can be no sweet communion, no comfortable fellowship between God and man, except they be agreed. See then, O soul, this fellowship is enjoyed by faith: for by faith we are brought into agreement with God. Consider, how the glorious THREE concur to make our souls thus happy. It pleased God the Father, that all fulness should dwell in His Son. He determined to display all His grace and glory in the MAN Jesus, for the sinner's salvation—Hence he saith to us, "This is My beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased, HEAR YE HIM."   But we are averse to agree with God and to hear Jesus. We had rather have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, and that the devil should rule over us; than that Jesus should have the whole glory of saving us by His grace. But the ...

Why Jesus Came by D G Miles McKee Luke 19:10   Why did Christ Jesus come to earth?  Why indeed?  Many answers have been given to that most excellent of questions. Some, for example, say that Jesus came to give us the illustration of a Perfect Man.  Some say, on the other hand, He came to show us how we should live.  Others consider Him the greatest teacher of all time and say He came to teach us right from wrong.  There are many more theories about why He came but to find the answer to this question we should let Jesus speak for Himself.   In Luke 19:10, in a simple sentence of 15 words, He declares one of His reasons for coming saying, “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”  (Luke 19:10).   Let’s unpack that statement .    “ .. the Son of man came.” …   The Son of Man is a term mostly used by our Lord to denote His humanity . Yet when we examine Him, we discover that before He came to earth...