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

" By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king." -Hebrews 11:27 [KJV] Here we see faith opposed by fear, and the victory of faith over the dread of wrath. Consider his work and his danger; his faith and his safety.  (1st.) Moses was engaged in a great work. He was to go to Pharaoh, and say from the Lord, “Israel is My son, even My first-born son: let him go, that he may serve Me” (Exodus 4:23.) Now, might not the king very naturally look upon Moses as a very dangerous, pestilent, hotheaded enthusiast, who, under a pretence of religion, wanted to raise a rebellion in his kingdom? He had to fear, that the king might put him to death in his wrath. “For the wrath of a king is as the roaring of a lion” (Proverbs 19:12.) Most terribly fierce! But,  (2d.) consider his faith. This set him above fear: he bids defiance to wrath. Forsake Egypt, he must; flee from the king, he was determined: for he had the command of his God for it. Faith is the parent ...

"Then cometh JESUS with them unto a place called Gethsemane..." -Matthew 26:36 [KJV]   My soul, let thy morning meditation be directed to the garden of Gethsemane, that memorable spot, sacred to the believer, because so much beloved and resorted to by Jesus. Here Jesus oft came with His disciples. And here, my soul, do thou often take the wing of faith, and flee in devout contemplation. Was this place dear to Thee, Thou precious Redeemer? And was it not because here Thou didst enjoy the sweetest refreshing in communion with the Father? Was it not because here Thou knewest would begin the conflict and the agony, in which the great business for which Thou camest on earth would be accomplished. Didst Thou abide here, Lord, a whole night, after a day's constant preaching to the people, the week only before Thy crucifixion (see Luke 21:37.)   And when the night was past, didst Thou again repair to the temple to the same employ? Was Gethsemane dear to Jesus? Was he...

"But we see Jesus, Who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that He by the grace of God should taste death for every man." -Hebrews 2:9 [KJV] How wondrous that He Who, as the Son of God, made angels (Colossians 1:16) , should be made inferior to them, and even need and receive their ministering aid and succour (Matthew 4:11) . O the depths of humiliation to which the blessed Redeemer stooped, carrying down into their lowest point that pure, spotless, holy humanity which He had assumed into union with His divine Person as the Son of God! And let us ever bear carefully in mind that humiliation is not degradation. Our blessed Lord "humbled Himself" by a voluntary act of surpassing grace; and it was no more in the power of men or circumstances to debase Him of His glory than of lying witnesses to strip Him of His innocency. The spotless purity of His sacred humanity, as in union with His divine...