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

" Man, that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not." -Job 14.1, 2 [KJV] Never a day passes in a Christian’s life when he is not presented with objects, which should make him reflect on his final exit.  No state of life is exempt from troubles from infancy to the grave.  Even the best of saints have scarcely time to dress their souls before they must put off their bodies.  Too much time is spent grasping at the shadow and therefore failing to appropriate the substance.  Human life is flattering in its beginning because it comes like a flower, but it is soon gone and leaves without returning.  Death brings the Christian into eternal rest:  "And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do ...

"And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory." -I Timothy 3:16 [KJV] My soul, sit down this memorable evening, and in commemorating the great event of Christ's nativity, listen to what the Holy Ghost here speaks, by His servant the apostle, concerning the mystery of godliness! Here are so many wonders branched out into so many chapters: they hang like a rich and full cluster upon the vine. Gather them one by one, mark their beauties, and taste their sweetness. The first is, "God manifest in the flesh : ' here is a meditation for thee to live upon, and to feast upon for ever. Thy God, thy Jesus, thy Holy One, the Son of God, was made flesh! Go on to the second: He was "justified in the Spirit : " a matter that would never have taken place, had He not fully, by His righteousn...

Good News from Bethlehem! by D. G. Miles McKee Bethlehem means, “The House of Bread.” It was small, insignificant town but what a prominent place it had in Scripture. It was in Bethlehem that Jacob buried Rachel. It was in Bethlehem that Ruth and Boaz met and lived. It was from Bethlehem that king David hailed. It was in the hills around Bethlehem that the lambs destined for Temple sacrifice were both born and raised. But of greatest significance, it was at Bethlehem that, Christ, the true, sacrificial Lamb came into this world. There was no Palace or no Temple in Bethlehem. There was only an inn for travellers journeying between Hebron and Jerusalem but when God incarnate was born, He wasn’t even given a room. This shows us something of the humility of God. It also demonstrates that, in His human experience, God began life as a reject and in His life He was despised and rejected.  That is why He knows our pain when we feel like rejected outcasts. The Lord Jesus, however...