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

"Awake, O sword, against M y shepherd, and against the man that is M y fellow, saith the L ORD of hosts." -Zechariah 13:7 [KJV] Would we see, feel, and realise the exceeding sinfulness of sin, it is not by viewing the lightnings and hearing the thunders of Sinai's fiery top, but in seeing the agony and bloody sweat, and hearing the groans and cries of the suffering Son of God, as made sin for us, in the garden and upon the cross. To look upon Him whom we have pierced will fill heart and eyes with godly sorrow for sin, and a holy mourning for and over a martyred, injured Lord. To see, by the eye of faith, as revealed to the soul by the power of God, the darling Son of God bound, scourged, buffeted, spit upon, mocked, and then, as the climax of cruel scorn and infernal cruelty, crucified between two thieves,—this believing sight, this fellowship of the sufferings of Christ, will melt the hardest heart into contrition and compunction. But when we see, by the eye of f...

God’s love for us is in Christ; God’s choice of us is in Christ; God’s righteousness is fulfilled for us in Christ; God’s acceptance of us is in Christ. This is all our salvation – not our works, feelings, nor our righteousnesses. My God, when I approach Thy throne, And all Thy glory see, This is my stay and this alone, That Christ Jesus died for me. ‘ Tis not by works of righteousness Which our own hands have done, But we are saved by sovereign grace Abounding through THE SON. -copied

"O For a Closer Walk With God A calm and heavenly frame A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb Where is the blessedness I knew When I first saw the Lord? Where is that soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and His word? What peaceful hours I once enjoyed! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill Return, O holy Dove! return Sweet messenger of rest! I hate the sins that made Thee mourn And drove Thee from my breast The dearest idol I have known Whate'er that idol be Help me tear it from Thy throne And worship only Thee So shall my walk be close with God Calm and serene my frame So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb." -Wm. Cowper

"For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of H is Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by H is life." -Romans 5:10 [KJV] What a fearful spot it is to be in—to feel and fear oneself an enemy to God! I think it is one of the most painful feelings that ever passed through my breast, to fear I was an enemy to God. For what must be the consequence, if a man live and die having God for his enemy? In that warfare he must perish. If God be his enemy, who can be his friend? Such sensations in the bosom are well-nigh akin to despair. Let a man fully feel that he is God's enemy, where can he hide his head? Hell itself seems to afford him no refuge. But he must be exercised with something of this before he can prize reconciliation . He must see himself to be an enemy of God by birth—that he was born in what our Reformers called "birth sin;" and that his carnal mind is enmity against God. O the painful sensations of the carn...

When we look up and attempt to view Him sitting at the right hand of the Majesty on high in all His exalted dignity and power as King of kings and Lord of lords—then we feel as if dazzled and overborne with a sight and sense of His surpassing glory. In the days of His flesh, the beloved disciple could lean on the bosom of Jesus and stand by His cross; but when in Patmos’ lonely isle He appeared in His majesty so that “His eyes were as a flame of fire,” and “His countenance was as the sun shineth in His strength,” John fell at His feet as dead! Yet if He has made us willing in the day of His power, has brought us to His feet in all humility to touch the scepter of His grace and own Him Lord of all, we may, in company with His saints, “speak of the glory of Thy kingdom, and talk of Thy power; to make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of His kingdom” [ Psalm 145:11, 12 ] . -J. C. Philpot

First, His enemies’ King; Secondly, His saints’ King; Thirdly, His Father’s King. First, Christ is His enemies’ King, that is—He is King over His enemies. Christ is a King above all kings. What are all the mighty men, the great, the honorable men of the earth, as compared to Jesus Christ? They are but like a little bubble in the water; for if all the nations in comparison to God be but as the drop of the bucket, or the dust of the balance, as the prophet speaks in Isaiah 40:15, how little then must be the kings of the earth! Nay, beloved, Christ Jesus is not only higher than kings—but He is higher than the angels; yes, He is the head of angels, and, therefore, all the angels in heaven are commanded to worship him [ Colossians 2:12, Hebrews 1:6 ] . He is King over all kingdoms, over all nations, over all governments, over all powers, over all people [ Daniel 7:14 ] . The very heathen are given to Christ, and the uttermost parts of the earth for His possession [ Psalm 2:8 ] . Second...

“Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: Thy blessing is upon Thy people. Selah.” -Psalm 3:8 [KJV]