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

" Thy God reigneth." -Isaiah 52:7 [KJV] Christ commissions His ministers, to proclaim this joyful true to Zion, His church, that every member of His might receive it in faith, change the pronoun and say, My God reigneth. Christ’s reign is His people’s glory, their triumph on earth; and the shouts of disembodied saints in glory. Listen to their acclamations of joy. “Allelujah, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth, let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb is come” Revelation 19:6, 7 .  Are we married to the Lamb? Has He our hearts and affections? Then we shall constantly rejoice, and give honor to Him, that He, Who is our God, reigneth. Where? Where He dwells. In heaven for us: and in our hearts over us. For, as He dwells in our hearts by faith, He spiritually reigns over all within us. O what matter of joy and consolation is this!  For (1st.) If our King has set up His throne in our hearts, what enemy can hurt us? They m...

" Incline your ear, and come unto Me: hear, and your souls shall live." -Isaiah 55:3 [KJV] Some cannot bear exhortations to be used, either to saints or sinners. O, dear! they sound so legal in their ears, they are quite disgusted with them. But why? Truly, such are wise above what is written; and they proclaim their folly in condemning the conduct of Christ, and His Spirit in the prophets and apostles. They have most need of exhortations, who see least cause for them: be not high-minded, but fear.  A Chinese philosopher asserted, that a man had three ears: one differed from those two which are seen. This was counted a great absurdity. But it holds true in a spiritual sense; for naturally we have ears, but hear not. “The hearing ear, the Lord hath made” (Proverbs 20:12.) This Christ calls for: “Incline your ear.” Act as sentenced rebels and condemned malefactors; be all ear to a sound of mercy, and a proclamation of a reprieve, from Me. Though your hearts are ...

"Look unto Me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else"     - Jesus Christ, the LORD our righteousness (see Isaiah 45:21-24) Salvation is wholly of grace, not only undeserved but undesired by us until God is pleased to awaken us to a sense of our need of it. And then we find everything prepared that our wants require or our wishes conceive; yea, that He has done exceedingly beyond what we could either ask or think. Salvation is wholly of the Lord and bears those signatures of infinite wisdom, power, and goodness which distinguish all His works from the puny imitations of men. It is every way worthy of Himself, a great, a free, a full, a sure salvation. It is great whether we consider the objects ( miserable, hell-deserving sinners ), the end ( the restoration of such alienated creatures to His image and favor, to immortal life and happiness ) or the means ( the incarnation, humiliation, sufferings and death of His beloved Son...

"By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king." -Hebrews 11:27 [KJV] Here we see faith opposed by fear, and the victory of faith over the dread of wrath. Consider his work and his danger; his faith and his safety.  (1st.) Moses was engaged in a great work. He was to go to Pharaoh, and say from the Lord, “Israel is My son, even My first-born son: let him go, that he may serve Me” (Exodus 4:23.) Now, might not the king very naturally look upon Moses as a very dangerous, pestilent, hot-headed enthusiast, who, under a pretence of religion, wanted to raise a rebellion in his kingdom? He had to fear, that the king might put him to death in his wrath. “For the wrath of a king is as the roaring of a lion” (Proverbs 19:12.) Most terribly fierce!  But, (2d.) consider his faith. This set him above fear: he bids defiance to wrath. Forsake Egypt, he must; flee from the king, he was determined: for he had the command of his God for it. Faith is the parent o...

"Let God be true, but every man a liar." -Romans 3:4 [KJV] I have read of one who was dumb ( unable to speak ); but, on seeing a violent attempt to murder his father, cried out with great vehemence, “My father!” When his heavenly Father’s truth and faithfulness are attacked, St. Paul could not be mute. Fired with a holy emotion of spirit, he cries out, “Let God be true.” Vain, arrogant man! Will you dare oppose your carnal reasonings, and fallacious arguments, against the covenant purposes, faithful word, and precious promises of the Lord? Every such man, be he ever so noble, mighty, wise, and learned, is a liar.  St. Paul’s heart was too warm for the glory of his God, to pay any soft compliment to those who act under the influence of the father of lies. The keen satire of Mr. Pope is admirably adapted to such: Snatch from his hand the balance and the rod, Rejudge his justice, be the god of God! In reas’ning pride (my friend) our error lies; All quit their sph...

The L ORD Our Righteousness     by D.G Miles McKee   “This is His name whereby He shall be called, the L ORD our righteousness.” -Jeremiah 23:6 [KJV] Question:  "By whose righteousness are sinners justified? Answer:  "By God's righteousness"   Question:  And how much of God's righteousness is required to justify sinners? Answer: All of it!   "Such is the value of the sacrifice made on Calvary. If one could collect all the righteousness of all the angels and all the saints and total it together, it would be as nothing compared to the incomprehensible and infinite righteousness which was poured out for the salvation of guilty sinners. Such is the righteousness which is "unto all and upon all them that believe" in Jesus." -excerpt from Present Truth : Vol. 2, Article 6   We who know the Gospel and its applications know that a perfect righteousness is needed to grant us admission to Heaven. We, moreover, know that we cannot find this ri...

"The miracle announced by the Gospel is that God comes to the ungodly with a mercy that is righteous, and in spite of all their depravity and rebellion, enables them through faith ( on the ground of Christ’s righteousness ) to enter into a new and blessed relation with Himself." -unknown preacher