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

" I call God to record against the day we shall appear before our Lord Jesus, that I never altered one syllable of God’s Word against my conscience, nor would do this day, if all that is in earth, whether it be honor, pleasure, or riches, might be given me." -preacher William Tyndale , (1494-1536 A.D.), Foxe’s Book of Martyrs , p.184

" Ye are fallen from grace." -Galatians 5:4 [KJV] Awful words! Enough to excite in us a holy fear, a godly jealously, and this earnest cry, “Lord, uphold me by Thy free Spirit.” What is here meant by grace? the doctrine of God’s free favour, to lost sinners in Christ? redeeming their souls from the curse of the law, by His blood; justifying their persons before God, by His righteousness, without any works of their own; and saving them, without any desert of theirs.  O, my Lord! what rich, what matchless grace is this! My soul shall love and praise Thee eternally in heaven for this! No! but, stop: thy joy is damped:—thou mayest fall from this grace; lose the favour of God; fall into hell. Who says this? Some say, St. Paul here does. No; it is as impossible for a saint in Christ Jesus thus to fall, as for a glorified saint in heaven to fall into hell.  Christ is God. It is impossible for God to lie. For Christ says, “My sheep shall never perish” (John 10:28.) ...

"And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say, unto thee, today shalt thou be with Me in Paradise ." -Luke 23:43 [KJV] My soul, hear the gracious words of thy Jesus. This was the third cry of the Redeemer on the cross. And Oh! how full of grace, rich, free, unmerited, unexpected, unlooked-for grace, to a poor lost perishing sinner, even in the very moment of death. Let the self-righteous pharisee behold this example of redeeming love, and wonder, and be confounded. Surely no one will venture to suppose that this man's good works were any recommendation, when the poor wretch was dying under the hands of justice.  What was it then that saved him but the complete salvation of Jesus? The Son of God was offering His soul on the cross a sacrifice for sin, and being between two notorious sinners, gave a rich display of the sovereignty of His grace, and His love to poor sinners; and in confirmation, snatched this one as a brand from the burning—took him from the very jaws o...

"Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel." -Isaiah 7:14 [KJV] The Deity of the Son of God shines all through the sacred page. It is the grand cardinal point, on which all the doctrines of grace turn; and he that is unsound there, is unsound everywhere. The Godhead of Christ does not rest upon a few texts of Scripture, but it shines all through the Scripture; it is the light of the Scripture, and it is the life of the Scripture. Take away the Deity of Jesus out of the Scripture, and you would do the same thing spiritually as though you blotted the sun out of the sky naturally; the sacred page would be one black darkness. But the Person of Jesus is not Deity only. No man can see God and live; we could not bear to look upon pure Deity. And therefore the Son of God has taken into union with Himself our nature; He has "taken upon Him the seed of Abraham"— that "holy thing" which was begotten by the Holy G...

" At that day, saith the L ORD , thou shalt call Me Ishi, and shalt call Me no more Baali." -Hosea 2:16 [KJV] Many people say, “The Scripture is a dead letter.” Who told them so? not God in His word. True, St. Paul says, “The letter killeth” (II Corinthians 3:6.) This cannot prove the Scripture to be a dead letter; but only, that the letter of the law is a ministration of death. Therefore, even the law cannot be a dead letter: for that which killeth cannot be dead itself. St. Stephen calls it, “The lively oracles” (Acts 7:38.) Our Lord says, “The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life” (John 6:63.)   If we are dead to the law and married to Christ, here is a precious word of spirit and life from our loving Bridegroom to us this night. Married by faith: this is what constitutes “that day,” that gospel-day of our espousals. Whatever may be in the womb of God’s purpose and decree concerning any sinner, yet he can enjoy no comfort of it...

"When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple standing by, whom He loved, He saith unto His mother, Woman, behold thy son. Then saith He to the disciple, Behold thy mother." -John 19:26, 27 [KJV] This was the second among the dying words of the Lord Jesus; and no doubt, of high importance in their full sense and meaning: not simply to recommend Mary to the care of the beloved apostle, John, but probably of greater moment in reference to the church of Jesus at large. My soul, is it not very certain that the Lord Jesus knew all the events which would take place in all generations of His people? And as such, did not Jesus perfectly well know also that the time would come when divine honours would be offered to Mary? These points cannot be disputed.  Well then, is it not worthy the closest observation, that Jesus both in this place, and upon all other occasions, when speaking of Mary, called her woman? Why so? If, as Jesus knew, that there would be some wh...

" Verily, verily, I say unto you , He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber ." - The Word of our Master , John 10:1 [KJV] Here are three marks whereby you may know whether you have entered by faith into the sheepfold.  First , Have you any evidence of being saved in the Lord Jesus Christ with an everlasting salvation?  Secondly , Have you felt any blessed and holy freedom and liberty of going in and coming out of the heavenly sheepfold?  Thirdly , have you found pasture? Sometimes finding pasture in the ordinances of God's house; sometimes in the sacred truths of the gospel, as you read or hear the word of truth; and especially in partaking by faith of the flesh and blood of the Lamb. But there may be those who are in this spot. They see plainly THAT CHRIST IS THE DOOR, and are fully convinced there is no other way of entrance into the fold but by Him; and yet they do not seem to h...