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

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" The L ORD is able to give thee much more than this." -II Chronicles 25:9 [KJV] Thus spake the prophet to Amaziah, king of Judah. “He did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart,” (vs. 2.) His works were externally right, but he was destitute of uprightness of heart towards the Lord. Our Saviour forbids, “Judge not according to the appearance” (John 7:24.) Be not hasty in judging of any one. Nay, not of thy own state neither, merely from a few external actions. Look well to thy heart. See that there is upright honesty and integrity at the bottom of thy conduct. If otherwise, it will soon be made manifest. So it was with Amaziah. This chapter records three abominable evils which he fell into. Confidence in an arm of flesh—Idolatry—Pride, which proved his destruction.  As to the first, he hired one hundred thousand mighty men of valour, to strengthen his army against his enemies, for one hundred talents of silver, i.e. thi...

"Unto Thee lift I up mine eyes, O Thou that dwellest in the heavens." -Psalm 123:1 [KJV] O how simple, suitable, complete, and blessed a remedy is this for all our distresses, when the Lord is pleased to open our eyes, and fix them on Himself. He must do it all. If the eyes are to be upon Him, He must first give us eyes; if lifted upon Him, He must raise them upwards; if kept upon Him, He must hold them waking. It is good to be in this spot. There are times and seasons, perhaps, when we seem to have no religion whatever; when we look, and look, and look, and cannot find a grain. Where is our spirituality? where our heavenly affections? where our prayerfulness of spirit? where our tenderness of conscience? Where our godly fear? where our meditations upon God's word? We look, and look, and look— they seem gone. Now, perhaps, in the midst of this uncertainty we are brought into some painful exercise, some affliction, some temptation, some apprehension, somethin...

"O taste and see that the L ORD is good!" -Psalm 34:8 [KJV] Those views of Jesus are blessed, which not only take in His loveliness, but His usefulness; which tend both to commend Him to our regard, as fair and beautiful, and at the same time full and bountiful; that, like some rich and widespreading tree, yea, like the tree of life in the paradise of God, is at once both for shelter and fruit. My soul, look at thy Jesus thus, and thou wilt then enter into the sense of this delightful verse of scripture: "O taste and see that the Lord is good!" In this experience of Christ consists the proper knowledge and apprehension of Him. An hearsay account of Jesus is but a poor account. By hearing sermons, reading the scriptures, attending ordinances, and the like, men may acquire some knowledge of Him; but until the Holy Ghost form Him in the heart, "The hope of glory," we never taste and see that the Lord is good. It was this which distinguished th...

The Gospel According to Isaiah , Part II Isaiah ch. 53 (Recommended reading) by D.G. Miles McKee As we stated last time, the book of Isaiah is a book about Jesus. In his book, Isaiah reveals many things about Christ. For example, in Isaiah 53:3 he tells us that the Lord Jesus was despised and rejected. That is astonishing.  How could someone so wonderfully beautiful as the Lord Jesus be despised and rejected? But think about it, He is still despised and rejected today.  In many churches, Sunday after Sunday, congregations are told that if they are good enough, they will go to Heaven.  That’s rejection of the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. These preachers praise Jesus as a prophet, a teacher, a friend and inspirer but reject Him as the only redeemer of sinners.  Then verse 3 of Isaiah 53 further tells us that people hid their faces from Him.  How true that is and sad to say that many are still doing it. The love of sin will cause us to hide from...