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

"His left hand is under my head, and His right hand doth embrace me.” - Song of Solomon 2:6 [KJV] Our salvation in Christ is sure, safe and certain as the powerful hands of God ( Dan iel 4:35; John 10:27-30 ). Believer, you are in good hands with Christ, being made one with Him ( John 17:22 ). His hands are sovereign hands able to save. "Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them" ( Heb rews 7:25 ). His hands are strong hands able to keep us from falling. "Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy" ( Jude 1:24 ). His hands are tender hands able to teach us the way of salvation. "Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find r...

"The L ORD lift up H is countenance upon thee, and give thee peace." -Numbers 6:26 [KJV] When we offend a person, his face is not toward us as at other times. It was so with Laban towards Jacob; and if we have in any way incurred a friend’s or superior’s displeasure, we watch instinctively his countenance. Is it down or up? Does it wear a frown or a smile? Is it looking upon us with the eye of affection, or are the eyes averted? We can tell in a moment if we know the countenance. Thus is the blessing asked, "The L ORD lift up H is countenance upon thee" as a kind and affectionate parent upon an obedient child, as a fond husband upon a loving, devoted wife; for such is God to His children— Father and Husband . And do we not, as children, often provoke Him to look upon us with frowning brow, or rather, not to look upon us at all, to "hide H is face," as we read, "that we cannot see H im"? The prayer then is, "The L ORD lift u...

I confess That I am a great sinner, but Jesus is an even greater Saviour. ( Ephesians 2: 8-9 ). I confess That I need a Saviour and that Jesus is the Saviour I need ( 2 Timothy 1:10 ). I confess I am guilty, prone to wander but, by the Gospel, I am justified freely by His grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus ( Romans 3:24 ).   I confess I had ruined myself by sin, and, apart from grace, I would stand exposed to divine retribution. But I rejoice in the Gospel because by the Gospel I continually learn that Jesus was made ( reckoned ) sin for me, that I might be made ( reckoned ) the righteousness of God in Him ( 2 Corinthians 5:21 ). I confess I am now a child of God. Because of the Gospel, I am made alive, adopted, justified, accepted, and clothed in righteousness. "God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ" ( Galatians 6:14 ).   I confess I have been raised from spiritual death. Spiritually speaking, ...

The eternal purpose of the Lord in the salvation of sinners shall be fulfilled, “I bring near My righteousness; it shall not be far off, and My salvation shall not tarry; and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel My glory” ( Isaiah 46:13 ). Though the Lord’s chosen people are all unrighteous by nature ( Romans 3:10 ), God determined He would bring forth righteousness for them through the perfect life, sacrificial death and triumphant resurrection of Christ Who is “THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS” ( Jeremiah 23:6 ). Note that the everlasting rescue of sinners from sin, Satan and the curse of the law is said by Jehovah to be “My salvation.” Salvation is His to give or withhold, according to His sovereign will. “Therefore hath He mercy on whom He will have mercy, and whom He will He hardeneth” ( Romans 9:18 ). Pay attention also to the Lord’s pledge of the fulfillment of His decree of salvation: it “shall NOT tarry.” Tarry means to delay, to hinder, to fall behind. ...

" The L ORD ... be gracious unto thee." -Numbers 6:25 [KJV] How sweet the gospel is! But what makes the gospel sweet? That one word which sheds a perfume through the whole— grace . Take grace out of the gospel and you destroy the gospel; you nullify and overthrow it; it is the gospel no more. Grace pervades every part and every branch of the blessed gospel; it is the life of the gospel; in a word, it is the gospel itself. "Be gracious unto thee." In what, then, is God gracious? In a broken law? What does that know of grace? In resolutions of amendment, creature performances, and human righteousness? Can the Lord, will the Lord shew Himself gracious in these? I have read of a project for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers. We might as well expect to make sunbeams out of cucumbers as to make grace out of the law; it is cold as cucumbers; there is no sun in it. Grace, to be grace, must come out of the gospel. It is in the gospel, and out of the gospel...

"In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." - I Thess alonians 5:18 [KJV] As believers we have so much to be thankful for! Who can measure the abundance of God's grace and goodness showered so freely upon us ( Ps alm 40:5 & 130:7 )? Who among us can determine how many unseen dangers we have been delivered from by the hand of God's almighty power ( Dan iel 4:35 )? Who is able to sufficiently honor and praise God for the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ that freely, sovereignly and eternally justifies the ungodly from all sin ( Ps. 115:1 ; Rom. 3:24 ; 8:32 )? And yet we do give thanks to God for all things ( Rom ans 11:36 ). Not like we should, not like we will some day, but we are humbled and thankful unto our sovereign Lord for all blessings both physical and spiritual ( Eph. 5:20 ; 1 Cor. 1:30-31 ). How could we complain of anything, when we realize that we are an heir of all grace now...

“ Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither His ear heavy, that it cannot hear” -Isaiah 59:1 [KJV] Let us learn never to despair of the salvation of anyone--as long as they live. Fathers ought never to despair of prodigal sons. Mothers ought never to despair of self-willed, headstrong daughters. Husbands should never despair of wives, nor wives of husbands. There is nothing impossible with God. The arm of grace is very long and can reach those who seem very far off. Let us pray on, and hope on, for others--however unlikely their salvation may appear to be at present. -copied