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

It is written, "The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knoweth them that trust in Him. But with an overrunning flood He will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue His enemies." -Nahum ch. 1 [KJV] "Seek ye the LORD while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near..." -Isaiah 55;6 [KJV]

  The Amazing Blood of Jesus, Part II by D. G. Miles McKee Last time we discovered that the blood of Jesus has redeeming power. This week we read that, 2 )   The Blood of Jesus has Cleansing Power .   1 John 1:7, ‘If we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another and the blood of Jesus Christ His son cleanses us from all sin.’ Sin is a plague … God Abhors it …but the blood cleanses it! Sin is filthy in His sight. It must be washed and removed. We must be made clean. We must have our iniquities washed away or we cannot have eternal life. This is one of the reasons that believers experience joy.  We realize that Jesus cleansed us legally at the cross. We sometimes forget that the greatest thing in all the world is to be accepted by God.  We find this acceptance only because of the ‘Finished Work’ at the cross.  All believers now enjoy the grace of full welcome in Heaven. What a wonderful saviour Jesus is! It is through His blo...

  God’s own eternal Son, Christ the Anointed One, Hung on the cross. Servant of God was He, Dying on Calvary; To set His people free, From endless loss. Our sins on Him were laid, By Him our debt was paid, What wondrous grace! Infinite wrath He bore, Who can such love explore? God can demand no more, Christ took our place. Justice was satisfied, When Christ our Savior died, By God’s decree. Risen, He reigns on high, To God He brings us nigh; On Him our hopes rely, Eternally! -Tune to "MY FAITH LOOKS UP TO THEE" 664.6664  Words by JIM BYRD

  The Lord Jesus Christ stated specifically, “I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth His life for the sheep.” (John 10:11). Who are His sheep? They are the ones whom the Father gave Him and made Him to be their Surety before the world began (John 6:37; 2 Tim. 1:9) . Yes! Jesus Christ appeared in this world as a Representative, Surety, and Substitute of a people given to Him by the Father before the world began. Both His life and His death were vicarious. (Vicarious according to the dictionary means something performed or endured by one person substituting for another or appearing in the place of another.) In Romans 8:33 His sheep are identified as “God’s elect.” It says, “Who shall lay anything to the charge of Gods elect? It is God that justifieth.”   All of Gods elect have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace (see Ephesians...

"The flower of the field." - Psalm 103:15 [KJV] Do I not behold Jesus here pre-eminently set forth above His fellows? Yes, dear Lord, Thy people, planted by Thy hand, do indeed flourish as a flower of the field; but never any like Thee. Indeed all their loveliness, fragrancy, value, all are only so, as derived from Thee. Never did God our Father plant so lovely a flower, so sweet, so fragrant a flower in the field of His garden, in the heavenly paradise, or the earthly Eden, as when He planted Thee. Sweet plant of renown! aid my meditations this morning to contemplate Thee under this interesting view, as the flower of the field. And first, let me behold Thee as truly the flower of the field, because Thou art altogether of God's right hand planting, and not of man's. The flower of the field hath no father but God, and no mother but the virgin earth.     Precious Jesus! Thou wert conceived in Thy human nature wholly by the overshadowing of God the Spirit...

THE WRATH OF MAN "Surely the wrath of man shall praise Thee: the remainder of wrath shalt Thou restrain." -Psalm 76:10 [KJV] Let men and devils rage as they will, even the wrath and hatred of the rebel will serve the greater glory of the Almighty God (Romans 8:28; Ephesians 1:11). When in their wicked hatred for Jesus Christ they crucified Him, they were unknowingly fulfilling the divine purpose of God. "The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against His Christ. For of a truth against Thy holy child Jesus, whom Thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, for to do whatsoever Thy hand and Thy counsel determined before to be done" (Acts 4:25-27). Even the most furious and frantic evil is under the control of our sovereign LORD (see Isaiah 45:5-8). But what shall become of the wrath that is left? God shall restrain it, "the remainder o...

"I am poor and needy, yet the Lord thinketh upon me." -Psalm 40:17 [KJV] Precious consideration, my soul! Under all thine exercises, the Lord, thy Lord, thy Jesus, thinketh upon thee. Wherefore should I faint, then, under any burden? Surely, I may say, as Hagar did at the well, "Thou, God, seest me." Surely I may give my God, my Saviour, this name, as she did; for she said, "Have I also here looked after Him that seeth me?" Yes, however unconscious my poor heart is of the blessed truth, yet a very blessed truth it is, while I am looking after Jesus, He is beforehand, thinking and looking upon me.     Precious Lamb of God! I will remember my poverty no more: that is, I will remember it no more, but as it is made the means in Thy hand to make me sensible of my need and Thy fulness. Art Thou thinking upon me? Do I hear Thy gracious voice, saying to me, "I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and n...