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

"All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away; but the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you." - I Peter 1:24, 25 [KJV] All flesh, and everything that springs from the flesh, and is connected with the flesh, is as grass, which, for a time, looks green and flourishing, but touched with the mower's scythe, or scorched by the midday sun, soon withers and fades away. Such is all flesh, without exception, from the highest to the lowest. As in nature, some grass grows thicker and longer than other, and makes, for a while, a brighter show, yet the scythe makes no distinction between the light crop and the heavy, so the scythe of death mows down with equal sweep the rich and the poor, and lays in one common grave all the children of men.   You have seen sometimes in the early spring the grass in flower, and you have noticed those li...

"Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof." -Ecclesiastes 7:8 [KJV] Thus saith the wise man, and it is often true in natural things, but invariably so in divine. Rarely at first can we foresee what will be the issue of any matter which we take in hand. We may begin it with much hope, and find in the end those hopes sadly disappointed. We may begin it with much fear, and find from the event those fears utterly groundless. Whatever we take in hand it is very rare that our expectations are fully carried out, for we have again and again to learn that "man's heart deviseth his way, but the L ORD directeth his steps," and that there are many devices in a man's heart, nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that and that only, shall stand.   But so far as we are amongst the family of God, and as such are under especial guidance and divine teaching and leading, whether our first expectations are accomplished or not, the end stamps wisdom and good...

  The Gospel Truth About Faith (Part 2) D. G. Miles McKee Faith is dynamic and continues to grow as it is bathed in the gospel. Romans 10:16 says, “But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah sa ith , Lord, who ha th believed our report?  So then faith come th by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”     Notice how the “WORD of GOD” and the “GOSPEL” are equated in this passage. They are one and the same!  Faith will grow, therefore, as the gospel is expounded!  The preaching of the good news of the person, work and offices of Christ always brings and generates faith. Therefore, we must get away from the notion that the message of Christ is exclusively for evangelistic meetings!  The gospel is every bit as much for the believer as it is for the lost! What a wonderful gift of God faith really is!  It enables us to take hold of the ‘so great salvation’ that has already been accomplished in Christ Jesus.  When faith co...

       The glorious good news of the Gospel is that, "It is finished." Justice has been satisfied, righteousness has been established. The believer rests exclusively in a finished work. On the other hand, the religious moralist strives daily under a crushing weight of duties and expectations, looking to a future judgment on his performance, where he may, or may not, be rewarded. For the believer, this judgment occurred at the cross, and there is no possibility of future condemnation. The believer is counted by God to be the very righteousness of God in Christ [II Cor inthians 5:21 ] . Therefore, the believer is a joint-heir with Christ and shall inherit all things [ Rom ans 8:17,32 ] . “Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth” [ Rom ans 8:33 ] . I would encourage you to take the time to read all of Romans ch. 8 and prayerfully consider these glorious truths.    — preacher Kenny Dyess

O Thou Son of the Blessed! Grace stripped Thee of Thy glory. Grace brought Thee down from heaven. Grace made Thee bear such burdens of sin; such burdens of curse as are unspeakable. Grace was in Thy heart. Grace came bubbling up from Thy bleeding side. Grace was in Thy tears. Grace was in Thy prayers. Grace streamed from Thy thorn-crowned brow! Grace came forth with the nails that pierced Thee, with the thorns that pricked Thee! Oh, here are unsearchable riches of grace! Grace to make sinners happy! Grace to make angels wonder! Grace to make devils astonished! -preacher John Bunyan (1628–1688 A.D.)

    "I AM the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in M e, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit; for without M e ye can do nothing." -John 15:5  [KJV] The great secret in religion—that secret which is only with those who fear the Lord and to whom He shews His covenant—is first to get sensible union with the Lord, and then to maintain it. But this union cannot be got except by some manifestation of His Person and work to our heart, joining us to Him as by one Spirit. This is the espousal of the soul, whereby it is espoused to one husband as a chaste virgin to Christ. From this espousal comes fellowship, or communion with Christ; and from this communion flows all fruitfulness, for it is not a barren marriage.   But this union and communion cannot be maintained except by abiding in Christ; and this can only be by His abiding in us. "Abide in M e, and I in you." But how do we abide in Him? Mainly by faith, hope, and love, for these are the three...

From whence this fear and unbelief? Hath not the Father put to grief His spotless Son for me? And will the righteous Judge of men Condemn me for that debt of sin Which, Lord, was charged on Thee? Complete atonement Thou hast made, And to the utmost farthing paid Whate’er Thy people owed; How then can wrath on me take place If sheltered in Thy righteousness, And sprinkled with Thy blood? If Thou hast my discharge procured, And freely in my room endured The whole of wrath divine, Payment God cannot twice demand First at my bleeding Surety’s hand, And then again at mine. Turn then, my soul, unto thy rest! The merits of thy great High Priest Have bought thy liberty; Trust in His efficacious blood, Nor fear thy banishment from God, Since Jesus died for thee! -preacher Augustus Toplady (1740-1778 A.D.)