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

"Having a good conscience." - I PETER 3:16 [KJV] We cannot often see our faith, but we can sometimes see our conscience. We cannot always rejoice in the Lord, but we can see whether we fear His great name. We cannot always triumph over our enemies, but we can sometimes observe whether there is a sentinel upon the look out. Thus, if you want to know whether you have faith, look at faith's companion, see what faith is attended by; and if you find not "a good conscience," write death upon your religion. Throw away your sword; it is useless; it is of human manufacture; it will break in pieces when you have to encounter your enemy, the king of terrors; God's lightning will shiver it then. But if the Lord has given you "a good conscience," a tender conscience, a pure conscience, He will strengthen your arm to fight the good fight of faith. You will often think your sword is so short, and your arm so weak that you cannot fight t...

G OD GAVE US HIS BEST ! by preacher D.G. Miles McKee “For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the J ust for the unjust, that He might bring us to God …” - I PETER 3:18 [KJV] Anglican Bishop, Taylor Smith, was sitting one day in a barber's shop having a shave. He spoke to the barber about being right with God, the barber replied, "I do my best and that's good enough for me!" When the bishop's shave was completed, and the next man had taken his place, he asked, "May I shave this customer?" "Oh, no!" replied the barber firmly. "But I would do my best," said the Bishop. "So you might," replied the barber, "but your best would not be good enough for this customer." "No, and neither is yours good enough for God," was the bishop's reply. In Christ, God gave us His best. Trust Him and have eternal life. Reject Him and perish! At the cross, God’s Lamb, Jesus C...

"THE WORLD BY WISDOM KNEW NOT GOD " -I C ORINTHIANS 1:21 [KJV]   What did the philosophy of Greece do for its disciples? It made them ignorant worshipers of an "unknown God" [ACTS 17:23 ] . The inscription on their altar published to the universe their ignorance and shame. How can I know God? Where can I find Him? Can science and philosophy tell me? Have they ever told anyone? No, never. "The world by wisdom knew not God." The schools of ancient philosophy could only plunge the human mind into darkness and hopeless bewilderment, and the schools of modern philosophy are not one bit better. They give no certainty, no safe anchorage, no solid ground of confidence, only hopeless speculation, torturing doubt, wild and baseless theory. That's all human philosophy in any age or any nation has to offer an earnest seeker of truth. How then are we to know God? If such a stupendous result hangs on this knowledge; if to know God is...

"O sing unto the L ORD a new song; for He hath done marvellous things: His right hand, and His holy arm, hath gotten Him the victory." -P SALM 98:1 [KJV] Our hearts to Jesus now we bow; And own Him as our sovereign King. To sing His praise and lift His name, His glories to the heavens ring. Sing all ye chosen of the Lord. Sing all predestined by His love. Sing all ye to the Son conformed. Accepted in the Christ Beloved. Sing ev’ry sinner saved by grace. Sing all who trust His blood alone. Sing like we’ve never sung before; And make His wonders ever known. Sing all ye saints who love the Son. Sing of our Sovereign’s holy throne. Sing those whose sins He put away; And rest all hope in Christ alone. 88.88 - Words by preacher Gary Shepard

"... a nd DELIVER THEM who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage." -H EBREWS 2:15 [KJV] It is no evidence against you if you are subject to bondage; it is no mark against you if you cannot look death in the face without doubt or fear. Is it not "the children" who feel the bondage? And did not the Lord come to deliver them from it? Are you then not a child because you fear death? If you had no sense of sin, no tenderness of conscience, you would be as careless about death as most other people are. Thus your very bondage, your very fears, if they make you sigh and cry for deliverance, are marks of life. And the day will surely come when the Lord will remove these chilling fears and put an end to these killing doubts. As you draw near to the brink of Jordan, THE LORD WILL BE WITH YOU TO DELIVER YOU, who, through fear of death, are now subject to bondage; He will extract its sting, and rob the grave of its victory, enabling yo...

"He will subdue our iniquities; and T hou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea." -M ICAH 7:19 [KJV]   Sin subdued is the next greatest blessing to sin pardoned; and wherever God does pardon sin He subdues sin; for the same grace which saves sanctifies; the same grace which casts sin behind God's back, puts its foot upon the corruptions of the believer, and prevents iniquity from having dominion over him. The Scripture is very plain and express upon this point. "Sin shall not have dominion over you." Why? "Because ye are not under the law," which gives sin its strength and power, "but under grace," which is able to subdue its dominion. Nor do I believe that any child of God can ever rest satisfied except by the subduing of his sins as well as the pardoning of them. To have his unbelief, infidelity, worldly-mindedness, pride, and covetousness subdued by the grace of God, its power taken out of it, its domi...

My desire being to comfort the disconsolate, I shall lay before you a few scripture truths, which the God of love has intended for the consolation of His dear children in the field of battle. 1 st . He who made you has fixed His love upon you freely in His Son. He loves you unchangeably, in all states and conditions, from eternity to eternity. Whatever changes, internal or external, you may pass through, the love of your God is the same. You may suffer the loss of wealth, health, ease, reputation, friends, and, like Job, be stripped of all your earthly comfort; but you cannot be deprived of your heavenly Father's affection. He rests in His love, and joys over you with singing. Love runs through all His purposes concerning you, and all His dispensations toward you. 2 nd , He has chosen you in Christ Jesus to be His people for ever, and adopted you to be His children and heirs. He has given Himself to you, to be your God and Father, your portion and inheritance forever...