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

"Beloved, let us love one another: for love   is of God; and every one that loveth is born of  God, and knoweth God." - I JOHN 4:7 [KJV]   "Love is of God." I can have no satisfaction, real satisfaction, that I am a partaker of the Spirit and grace of Christ except I feel some measure of the love of God shed abroad in my heart. I may have hopes, expectations, and evidences, fainter or brighter; but I have no sure, clear evidence in my own soul that I have the Spirit and grace of Christ there, except I am blessed with the love of God; for until love comes, there is fear which hath torment. And whilst we have fear which hath torment, there is no being made perfect in love. You have no clear assurance in your own breast that God has loved you with an everlasting love; nor have you any bright testimony that the Spirit of God makes your body his temple until this love comes into your soul. But when the crowning blessing comes of the lov...

Moses besought the LORD with this desire… “Show me Thy glory” (E XODUS 33:18) . Without a doubt, Moses asked this as he was moved by the Holy Spirit, not only for Moses’ good, but for ours too. But that which especially enflames the heart of every regenerated sinner, as he considers this passage, is the glorious answer from the mouth and heart of Jehovah…that answer which reveals Christ to be God’s glory and goodness in the salvation of His people: “ I will make all My goodness pass before thee,” I will show Myself in Christ to be the Fountain of inexhaustible compassion, “and will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee,” making known that I AM, the LORD; “and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy” (EXODUS 33:19). It is the glory of the LORD to sovereignly save whomsoever He will, and therein, the vessels of His mercy truly rejoice . -Gospel report by preacher Marvin Stalnaker

"But mine eyes are unto T hee, O G OD the Lord: in T hee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute." -P SALM 141:8 [KJV] The very cry is a pledge that the Lord will not leave the soul destitute. Strange though it be to us; it is the light that shews darkness; it is life that makes us feel deadness; nay, more, it is fertility and fruitfulness that make us feel barrenness; it is riches that make us feel poverty; it is God's teaching and presence that make us feel destitution. This very mourning over our barrenness; this very feeling of our inability to do good, is a proof of the life of God in the soul, an evidence of the work of grace in the heart. "Leave not my soul destitute." This is something genuine; this is heart-work; these are the footsteps of the flock; these are the leadings and teachings of God the Spirit in the hearts of the redeemed. These things are saving; these things will lead the soul to eternal glor...

Someone said, “Justice is getting what we deserve, mercy is NOT getting what we do deserve, and grace is receiving what we do not deserve.” Oh, how abundant and abounding is the mercy and grace of God to us! How is it that we do not live in a constant attitude of praise and thanksgiving ( I THESSALONIANS 5:16-17 )? I feel as deeply convicted before God of the sin of ingratitude and murmuring and for being discontented as I do of any other sin. To find fault with the good providence of God is COVETOUSNESS, which is idolatry ( COLOSSIANS 3:5 ). There’s no need for me to list our spiritual, material, and physical blessings. Anyone with an understanding of God’s holiness and man’s sin can rejoice that he is not now in eternal darkness. Anyone with eyes to see the dreadful effects of Adam’s fall can rejoice that all of these afflictions are not visited upon him. Anyone who is aware of the poverty and want which much of the world’s population experiences ought to give tha...

The phrase “And it came to pass” as far as I can find, is one of the most used phrases in all the Bible. Over 1680 times we find these words written on the pages of Holy Scripture. Every time we hear or read the words, “And it came to pass” may we be reminded that God has, is, and will always cause all things to come to pass by His own sovereign purpose, providence, and pre-destinating power, and AFTER THE COUNSEL OF H IS OWN WILL (E PHESIANS 1:11) ! God can cause “All things to work together for good to them that love God, to them who are THE CALLED according to H IS PURPOSE ” simply because He controls all things (R OMANS 8:28) . David wrote, “But our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever He hath pleased” (P SALM 115:3) . The next time you read “And it came to pass” in the Scriptures, or the next time something “Comes to pass” in your life, remember WHY it came to pass and never forget WHO caused it to come to pass. -Gospel report by pre...

"And so were the churches established in THE FAITH , and increased in number daily." -A CTS 16:5 [KJV] Oh what an inestimable mercy it is for a man to know the truth for himself by divine teaching and divine testimony; to have it applied to his heart by a gracious influence and a heavenly power, so as to know for himself what salvation is, whence it comes, and above all to enjoy a sweet persuasion that this salvation has reached his heart! He will then know where to go in the hour of trouble, to Whom to resort when sorrow and affliction come into his house, or illness or infirmity shake his tabernacle. He will not be a stranger to the throne of grace, nor to the sweetness of the covenant ordered in all things and sure. But there will be given him from above, out of the fulness of Christ, such grace and strength as will support him in the trying hour. It is by these gracious dealings upon his soul, that a believer becomes "stablished in the faith....

“ Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed.” - ROMANS 4:16 [KJV] Most everyone would agree that there is IMMENSE NEED OF SALVATION in the soul of all people. Just look around, there are churches and different denominations of religion everywhere. Surely, people are saying there is a necessity of salvation. The scriptures certainly make it plain that there is a need of salvation. For we read, “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God” ( ROMANS 3:23 ). The difference among men is, HOW IS SALVATION RECEIVED? Some say it is received by works, efforts and ceremony or being a member of a certain church. However, the scriptures plainly teach that salvation ( the Lord Jesus Christ ) is received by faith, not by works. It was said of Abraham, “He staggered not at THE PROMISE OF GOD through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God and being fully persuaded that, what H e had promise...