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

“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the L ORD , which made heaven and earth.” -Psalm 121:1-2 [KJV]  GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT TO FOLLOW: God’s Word tells us to look up to Him alone for salvation as He reveals Himself in the glorious Person and finished work of Christ (Isaiah 45:21-25) . It also tells us that we can look up to Him alone for help in time of need. When we, as children of God, experience trouble in this world, and we often do, our real help can only come from the Lord.  Our brother Job said, “Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble” (Job 14:1) . Our Lord JESUS Christ told us that “...in the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world” (John 16:33) . These troubles come from without and from within, but we know that no trouble can separate us from the love of God in Christ (Romans 8:35-39) .   And whatever trouble we experience...

"...a nd take the helmet of salvation." -Ephesians 6:17 [KJV] It is excellently said, “Resolve for hardships, or lay down thine arms. Few come at the beat of Christ’s drum to His standard. Many that list by external profession under Him, after a while drop away and leave his colours. It is suffering work they are sick of. Many men are more tender of their skin than of their conscience. They had rather the gospel had provided armour to defend their bodies from death and danger, than their souls from sin and Satan.” -Gurnal’s Christian Armour All this is, because they have not on the helmet of salvation. What is this? “For an helmet, the hope of salvation” (I Thessalonians 5:8.) Do not all naturally hope to be saved? Yes, some in one way, and some in another. But all natural hopes are false hopes. Therefore they die and perish. But this helmet is a supernatural and divine hope . All men have not faith. Therefore they have not Christ, Who is the helmet of hope....

What do you think of Christ? Part 4   by D. G. Miles McKee   “What think ye of Christ? is the test To try both your state and your scheme; You can­not be right in the rest, Unless you think right­ly of Him.” -John Newton. In parts 1, 2 and 3 we discovered that no one was ever born like Jesus, no one ever lived like Jesus, and no one ever worked like Jesus.  This time we will consider how no one ever dealt with sinners like Jesus. We´ve got to get it through our heads that religion can´t help lost sinners.  Sin separates us from God and must be dealt with righteously before there is proper reconciliation.   Let´s, for example, say that a man has begun to sense that separation which sin has caused.  He has begun to feel conviction.  He senses he needs some sort of remedy to get rid of the discomfort caused by sin.  So, he starts going to church on a regular basis. Unfortunately, it is not a gospel preaching church and there he is told th...