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

"With the merciful Thou wilt shew Thyself merciful; with an upright man Thou wilt show Thyself upright; with the pure thou wilt shew Thyself pure." -Psalm 18:25-26 [KJV] From eternity, Christ became Surety of His people because He is the Merciful Man. He assumed our nature to bear our sin so that justice and mercy harmonize because He is the Upright Man. In order to be the last Adam, the only other man to begin life without sin that He might represent His people, He was born of a virgin declaring He is the Pure Man. No mercy could be given Christ while He suffered the wrath of divine justice in place of His people. But satisfaction being made, redemption accomplished, God the Father raised Him from the dead to His right hand along with all His people who He shall call to Himself. Therefore, in God the Father's work toward Christ His Son and in Christ's work making us merciful, upright and pure in Him, we see, "With the merciful Thou wilt shew Thyself merciful...

" Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise." - Galatians 4:28 [KJV] Mark, my soul, the distinguishing characters of those who are the children of promise, and see whether thou art of this blessed family. For as the law and the gospel are strikingly distinguished from each other, so are the children of nature from those of grace. And how is this to be known? Look at the case Paul hath referred to: Isaac was the son of Abraham. And the apostle saith, "that they which are of faith, the same are children of Abraham. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." And as Isaac was a child of Abraham by promise, not by natural power, so believers in Jesus are born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God (John 1:12, 13).   Hence Paul saith, "to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not to seeds as of many, but as of one; and to Thy seed, which ...

"The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and My people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?" -Jeremiah 5:31 [KJV] We live in a day much like that of the prophet Jeremiah's day - preachers and politicians tell lies, and the leaders in religion join with and assist them in these lies. What is really sad is that the vast majority of people "love to have it so." People complain about lying politicians, but if one comes along and simply speaks the truth, he would not be elected. I know it is not deemed politically correct in our modern society to say this, but truth is truth. For example, consider what is so great about our Gospel, true Christianity, that lifts it far above other religions? IT IS THE REVELATION OF GOD'S GRACE IN THE GLORIOUS PERSON AND FINISHED WORK OF CHRIST. Other religions have one or more "great" prophets who claim to speak for their god(s). True Christianity has Christ Who is...

LAW OR CHRIST? Occasionally I hear from someone, who wants to know what relationship believers have to the law, my reply is always the same. Believers are not under the law in any way, shape, form, or fashion. God's people are free from the law's curse, because "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us" (Galatians 3: 13). The law was not given to give life, or sanctification, but to reveal how sinful we really are. Can that which pronounces death give life? Can that which demands perfection give a man the ability to perform perfectly? Tell me, " ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?" (Galatians 4: 21) Do you not hear it say, "...by the deeds of the law shall no flesh be justified in the sight of God" , or "For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse" have you not heard it say, "Moreover the law entered that the offence might abound" ? Thank God that C...

"Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her Beloved."   - Song of Solomon 8:5 [KJV]   Who is it that asketh this question, my soul? Is it the holy angels, astonished as they well may, at the gracious condescension of thy Jesus in the grace and favour He hath bestowed upon thee? Or is it the world at large, looking on with amazement at the love of Jesus to His chosen? Is it the Jewish church, amazed that Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of God's promise in Christ? Or, above all, is it Jesus Himself, not because He knoweth not the grace He hath bestowed, but because He admireth the grace He hath given, and as He did the centurion's faith which He Himself was the author of, He looketh upon it with pleasure?     And art thou, my soul, come up from the wilderness of nature, a dry, barren land, where no water of life is; from the wilderness of the world, and from all the unsatisfying and empty pursuits of it? Art th...

"The Master is come, and calleth for thee , " -John 11:28 [KJV]     My soul, mark how gracious the Lord is to His people in the special and distinguishing tokens of His grace. Jesus doth not barely send His gospel to the church, or house, or family; but He speaketh by the soft, but powerful whispers of His love, to the individual soul. "To thee is the word of His salvation sent." Hence the soul who feels the sovereignty of His word in the constraining influences with which it is accompanied, cries out, I shall never forget Thy word, for by it Thou hast quickened me.     But besides the calls of His grace in His house of prayer, in how many ways, and by what a variety of methods, is the Lord Jesus calling upon His people. My soul, I hope that thou art always upon the look out, and art getting to thy watch-tower to hear what the Lord thy God hath to say to thee, by His word, by His providences, His chastisements in love, and in all the gracious manifestat...

“IT IS GOD WHO JUSTIFIES" -Romans 8:33 [KJV] Behold the eternal security of the weakest believer in Jesus. The act of justification, once passed under the great seal of the resurrection of Christ, God can never revoke without denying Himself. Here is our safety. Here is the ground of our dauntless challenge, “Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God who justifies.” What can I need more? What more can I ask? If God, the God of spotless purity, the God of inflexible righteousness, justifies me, “who is he that condemns?” Sin may condemn, but it is God that justifies! The law may alarm, but it is God that justifies! Satan may accuse, but it is God that justifies! Death may terrify, but it is God that justifies! “If GOD is for us, who can be against us?” Who will dare condemn the soul whom He justifies? How gloriously will this truth shine forth in the great day of judgment! Every accuser will then be dumb. Every tongue will then be silent. Nothing shall be ...