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

More Gospel Truth,  Part II by D G Miles McKee     Matthew 7:21-23, “ Not every one that says unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of My Father which is in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Thy name? And in Thy name have cast out devils? And in Thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from Me, you that work iniquity.” So, can a believer ever lose his salvation? Many people take the above text in Matthew 7 to prove that yes indeed they can.  However, those verses prove nothing of the kind. Do you remember how Jesus speaks of His own in John 10:27-28?  He says; “ My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish." Notice what He says about the sheep: He says; “ I know them.”  Of these others, in Matthew 7, He says, “I  never ...

Hebrews 2:11 says, “For both He (Christ Jesus) that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified (the chosen sinner) are all of one: for which cause He (the Lord Jesus) is not ashamed to call them brethren.” Growing up as an “only child” I always wished I had a “big brother.” Then, in His appointed time, God made known to me that Christ had been my Elder Brother all along. He is not one who simply shares my DNA. He took my nature without losing His divine glory. “The Word was made flesh.” (John 1:14) That alone sets Him apart. A big brother might protect you, but he cannot redeem you. Christ didn’t just stand beside the sinner; He stood in their place. The Lord Jesus bore the wrath I deserved, carried the sin I couldn’t carry, fulfilled the law I could never keep, and satisfied the justice I could never appease. A natural big brother might guide you, but He can’t bring you to God. A big brother might help improve your standing, but the Lord Jesus gives us His perfect st...

"Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.  When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.  In the multitude of my thoughts within me Thy comforts delight my soul."           - Psalm 94:17-19 [KJV]   ==================     JUSTIFIED FREELY BY HIS GRACE -Romans 3:24 [KJV]   Rowland Hill was preaching at a county fair. He noticed the vendors selling their wares and said to his audience, "Our friends bring their fruits and crafts to the fair to sell, and they work hard TO GET UP TO THEIR PRICE. I bring you better things than they; my milk and bread is eternal food, but my diffi­culty is in getting you DOWN TO MY PRICE! My goods are free! 'Come,' saith the Lord, 'He that hath no money, come ye, buy and eat, yea, come buy wine and milk without money and without price'" (Isaiah 55:1-4).   "My friends," Hill continued, "If I were to offer justification for five dol...

Job 42:2, "I know that Thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from Thee" Psalm 115:3, "Our God is in the heavens; He hath done whatsoever He hath pleased."  Psalm 135:6, "Whatsoever the LORD pleased that did He—in heaven, and in the earth, in the seas and in all deep places." Proverbs 19:21, "There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that will stand."   Isaiah 14:24, "The LORD of Hosts hath sworn saying: Surely, as I have thought,, so shall it come to pass; as I have purposed, so shall it stand." Isaiah 14:27, "The LORD of Hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? And His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?" Isaiah 45:7, "I form the light and create the darkness; I make peace and create evil. I the LORD do all these things." Isaiah 46:9-10, "I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like Me. Declarin...

“He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.” -Psalms 147:3 [KJV]     I, John Newton, have long labored under a multitude of grievous disorders: a fever of ungoverned passions, a cancer of pride, a frenzy of wild imaginations, a severe lethargy, and a deadly stroke! In this deplorable situation, I suffered many things from many physicians, spent every penny I had, yet only grew worse and worse! In this condition, Jesus, the Physician of souls, found me when I sought Him not.  He undertook my recovery freely, without money and without price. These are His terms with all His patients! My fever is now abated, my senses are restored, my faculties are enlivened! In a word, I am a new man! And from His ability, His promise, and the experience of what He has already done, I have the fullest assurance that He will infallibly and perfectly heal me, and that I shall live forever as a monument of His power and grace! “Yes, when this flesh and heart shal...

“Every man who opposes the spirit of the Gospel, and every teacher and writer who endeavors to lower the Gospel Standard to the spirit and taste of the world, is a genuine antichrist no matter among whom he is found.” Adam Clarke "It is strange that, by the general consent of mankind, sin against God has been ever considered so perfectly unnatural, and so evil in itself, that no man would commit it unless impelled to it by the agency of the devil." Adam Clarke “Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.” William Bruce Cameron Advice given to Augustus Toplady by an older minister of the gospel. -Preach Christ crucified, and dwell chiefly on the blessings resulting from His righteousness, atonement, and intercession. -Avoid all needless controversies in the pulpit, except it be when your subject necessarily requires it; or when the truths of God are likely to suffer for silence. -When you ascend...

"God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ."   -I Thessalonians 5:9 [KJV]   Here is a precious negative, a glorious positive, and happy souls. Lord help us to meditate upon them, to our profit.    (1st.) The negative. “God hath not appointed us to wrath.” St. Paul has in his eye, what our proud nature cannot bear to hear of, the sovereignty of God. It is as though he had said, we are all by nature children of wrath. We have all by practice deserved wrath. Here is myself, the other day I did not know the Son of God, but persecuted Him and His servants. If God had dealt with us according to our just deserts, we should have suffered His eternal wrath in hell. Is your conscience convinced of this? Do your eyes see it? Does your tongue confess this? Does your heart fear this? Rejoice with wonder. That just God, who had a sovereign right, yet will not appoint you to wrath for your sins. If you have trembled under a s...

"By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days."   - Hebrews 11:30 [KJV]   Never, in the annals of mankind, in the history of all wars, is there a parallel instance to be found, of exploits like what the Holy Ghost hath recorded here, of faith. The walls of a city actually fell down at the blasting of rams' horns; and yet not from the blasting of horns, but from faith in the almighty power of God. My soul! let thy meditation, this evening, be directed to the subject, to see whether it will or not, under divine teaching, give strength to the exercise's of thy faith? We find, in the relation given of this memorable siege, that no ramparts were thrown up, no mounds raised, nothing of any human attempt made, either to sap the foundations, or to harass the enemy. The simple process adopted to intimate to the besieged the appearance of war, was an army marching round the walls, once every day, for seven days together.   I ...

"There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus." - Romans 8:1 [KJV] There is not a more blessed declaration than this in the whole word of truth. It is the sweetest note sounded by the gospel trumpet, for it is the very crown of the whole jubilee. Is not condemnation the bitterest drop in the cup of trembling? the most thrilling, piercing note of that terrible trumpet which sounded so long and so loud from Sinai's blazing top that all the people that were in the camp trembled? (Exodus 19:13, 16.) Condemnation is the final execution of God's righteous law, and therefore carries with it all that arms death with its sting and the grave with its terror.    The apprehension of this; the dread and fear of being banished for ever from the presence of God; of being lost, and that without remedy; of sinking under the blazing indignation of Him who is a consuming fire, has filled thousands of hearts with horror. And it must be so as lo...