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

"Faithful is He that calleth you, Who also will do it. ”   -I Thessalonians 5:24 [KJV] According to the scriptures my redemption has nothing to do with my faithfulness to God but Christ’s faithfulness to me. I find such peace and comfort in that wonderful truth. Don’t you? My faith is weak at best. My constant prayer is, “ Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief,” (Mark 9:24.)     It is Christ’s faithfulness to me that assures my salvation. “It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness , ” (Lamentation 3:22-23.) Because of His mercies His people are not consumed. His compassions toward them never fail. His faithfulness to them is great.   There are a lot of folks that talk about their faith and boast in it as though it is some great thing. There are many who trust in their “faithfulness” as some great and noble work of righteousness. I dare not be so bold. My faithful...

"Of old hast Thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of Thy hands.  They shall perish, but Thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt Thou change them, and they shall be changed:  but Thou art the same, and Thy years shall have no end. "   -Psalm 102:25-27 [KJV]   -------0-------          The mere knowledge of facts about the Bible, and even about the person and work of Christ, will not save us unless that knowledge leads us to really and truly TRUST OUR SOULS IN THE BLESSED REDEEMER'S HANDS.    Faith must act in this fashion: " I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, that He came to save sinners; and therefore, as a sinner, I rest my­self on Him. I know that His righteousness and blood justify the ungodly; therefore, I trust Him to be both my righteousness and my redemption before God. "   " And, if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Je...

"But one thing is needful."   -Luke 10:42 [KJV] Happy, most happy for that soul, who can simply bring all things into a unit, to centre in one point. More than one object perplexes the mind. If, to double business bent, we stand and pause where we shall first begin, and perhaps both neglect. What is the one thing needful? It is plain our Saviour means, the soul keeping close company with Himself. This Mary did. She sat at His feet and heard His word. Every thing else is but cumbering work, compared with this. For this one thing comprises all the holiness, happiness, and heavenly-mindedness of the soul.    O if we have the presence of Jesus, guilty tears vanish—dejecting doubts are scattered—legal terrors are silenced—anxious cares subside—strong temptations lose their force—Satan is resisted—afflictions sweetened—turbulent passions calmed—raging corruptions subdued—pride is brought down—humility is excited—peace with God is enjoyed—holiness is promoted—the fear of death c...

"His glory is great in thy salvation; honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him; for thou hast made him most blessed for ever." -Psalm 21:5, 6 [KJV] My soul, it is the most delightful of all thoughts, when at any time thou art solacing thyself in the glories of thy Redeemer, to call to mind that God the Father is glorified, while thou art made happy in the salvation thy Jesus hath accomplished by His blood and righteousness. It is indeed God the Father which called Jesus to the office and character of the Redeemer, and furnished Him with all suitable requisites for the vast work He called Him to do. But the glory and honour of Jehovah were the first and great object of the Redeemer's work; and hence Jesus, in the days of His flesh, never speaks of His own glory, but as in connection with, and leading to the glory of Jehovah. "Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in Him! Father glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son also may glorify Thee."    Hence, the...

"Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her." -Hosea 2:14 [KJV] It is in the margin "to her heart;" and God speaks to the heart; that is the special characteristic of His voice. Men may speak to the ear, and they can do no more; but God speaks to the heart, for it is there that His voice alone is heard. All religion first and last lies in a man's heart. He may have his head well furnished with notions, yet a heart destitute of grace. But not so with the vessels of mercy, for they "believe with the heart unto righteousness ; " and it is by the voice of God heard in the heart that a saving faith is raised up in the soul. There God must speak if there is to be any heart religion, any sound or saving experience, any knowledge of the truth so as to be blessed and saved thereby.    But in the wilderness we learn the deep necessity there is that God should speak to our heart. We want the Lord Him...