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

"But let all those that put their trust in Thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because Thou defendest them: let them also that love Thy name be joyful in Thee.  For Thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt Thou compass him as with a shield." -Psalm 5:11-12 [KJV] My All In All The Scriptures declare in Colossians 3:11, “CHRIST IS ALL AND IN ALL.” Those who believe Him and His covenant promises are convinced in heart and soul that CHRIST IS ALL! Then if Christ is indeed all to me, the loss of anything in this world for His sake would be no loss at all. Paul said, “I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord.” If Christ is all, then I can say at all times with Jacob, “I have everything” (Genesis 33:9-11) . Esau said, “I have plenty,” but Jacob said, “I have EVERYTHING.” He, of God, is made unto us all things (I Corinthians 1:30) . If Christ is all to me, then the pleasures, profits, and honors of th...

'The Lord's First Parable'   Ref: Luke 5:33 -35 KJV 38 minutes with preacher Clay Curtis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTO162QMHlI  

  Glory to God on High! Let earth to Heav’n reply,  Praise ye His Name! Angels His love adore,  Who all our sorrow bore And saints cry evermore,  WORTHY THE LAMB! All they around the Throne Cheerfully join in one,  Praising His Name! We who have known His blood,  Sealing our peace with God Sound His dear Name abroad,  WORTHY THE LAMB!   Then when we change our place Yet shall we never cease,  Praising His Name! To Him our tribute bring,  Hail Him our Sovereign King And without ceasing sing,  Worthy the Lamb!   Hymn, “Come Thou Almighty King” Let us not lose heart, grow tired or discouraged, not become careless and indifferent in our labor of love and works of faith; for it is required of God’s servants that they be faithful at all times and under every condition.   God has a due season or an appointed time for His harvest and His judgments.   This “well doing” includes the bold preaching of His Gospel of grace, f...

"The Father seeketh such to worship Him."   - John 4:23 [KJV]   Error is natural to fallen man. He sets his face against truth, and turns his back upon it with contempt. The more error abounds with pride and self-sufficiency, so much the more it is suited to our corrupt nature. Hence, we are naturally Pelagians: we cannot think Adam’s sin has hurt us. Or else, Semi-pelagians: though we confess our souls are wounded by Adam’s sin, yet we cannot think we are totally dead to God thereby; but, as it were, only half dead: so that we still possess some power and ability, to seek God and to please Him, if we will but exert ourselves. This is the popular doctrine of our day: it is suited to man’s pride, and keeps up his self-importance .    Hence, this dry, shriveled comment is put upon our Lord’s words: “That, if we will but stir up ourselves to seek God, possess our minds with an habitual sense of religion, and worship Him in spirit and truth, He then will see...

"This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them." - Luke 15:2 [KJV]   My soul! wouldest thou, by faith, review some more than ordinary representation of the Lord Jesus, to melt the finer feelings of thy heart, in the contemplation of His unequalled condescension and love? Let this be it, which the evangelist hath here drawn of the Son of God. Behold Him, encircled with poor publicans and sinners, alluring them to the arms of His mercy; and behold the self-righteous pharisees and scribes withdrawing from the sacred spot, and with all that indignation and scorn, which marked their character, murmuring at the grace of Jesus, saying, "This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them!"     Well is it for thee, my soul, that the Son of God hath received sinners; else how should I have been looked upon by Him? And well is it that His table hath been spread for sinners; or how should I have been fed by Him?   Yea, Lord, is it not the very feature of Thy rich...

"His bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob." -Genesis 49:24 [KJV]   Our ancestors, you know, were celebrated bowmen. Victories were won at Cressy and Agincourt by the English yeomanry, who were skilled in the use of the bow. Latimer says, in a sermon preached before the king, that no man could be a good archer who did not learn from his boyhood; and the custom he tells us was for the father to put his hands upon the son's hands, to teach him how to shoot, and throw the whole strength of his body into the bow.    When the boy drew the bow, it was not the strength of his own arm that drew the string, nor was it the keenness of his eye that directed the arrow to the mark. The child appeared to draw the bow and to direct the arrow; but the hand of the father was upon the hand of the child, and the eye of the father was guiding the eye of the child; thus though the child seemed to draw the bow, it...