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

"The God of our fathers hath glorified His Son Jesus." -Acts 3:13 [KJV] See, my soul, how every part and portion of scripture is directed to this one subject— to glorify the Lord Jesus . What is the very design of redemption but to glorify the Lord Jesus? What hath God constituted a church for, but to glorify the Lord Jesus? To what do all the precepts, promises, ordinances, sacrifices under the law, and institutions under the gospel, minister, but to this one end— to glorify the Lord Jesus?   Talk they of promises? Why, all the promises of God are "in Christ Jesus, yea and amen, to the glory of God the Father by us." Talk they of the law? "Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth." Talk they of commandments? "This is the commandment, that ye believe in the name of the only begotten Son of God; and that believing, ye might have life through His name. " And how hath the God of our fathers glorified ...

"He that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live." -John 11:25 [KJV] How can any one who is dead believe? He can, or our Lord would not have said so. I will shew you how. He is a living man as quickened into life by the power of the Spirit of God, and yet he is dead. This is the deep mystery, that though he is dead in law, dead in conscience, dead in helplessness, yet God the Holy Ghost has breathed into him and deposited in him a seed of living faith.  By this faith he cries, by this faith he sighs, and by this faith he hungers and thirsts after righteousness; yea, more, by this faith he looks unto and believes in the Son of God. He scarcely knows that he has faith. His faith is so weak and so small in his own estimation, that he dare not say he has faith; and yet he has all the fruits of faith, all the marks of faith, and all the evidences of faith. Take as a parallel case Jonah in the whale's belly. Had he faith or had he not faith? How lo...

  "The idea of a sinner working his way to Heaven or earning God’s favor is not only obnoxious to the Holiness of God and repugnant to His grace, but is also a repudiation of the work of Jesus Christ and an insult to human intelligence!"                                    -preacher Maurice Montgomery

"I am found of them that sought Me not." -Isaiah 65:1 [KJV] Every display of the Saviour’s grace, is a jewel in His mediatorial crown. O what hearts have we, that we are not more humble before Him, more thankful to Him, and more joyful in Him! Jesus, help us Gentile sinners, to look back, to look within, to look up, and to look forward, to excite humility, thankfulness, and joy of heart.  (1st.) Look back, O my soul. View thy natural state; lying dead asleep in the arms of the wicked one—dead to God—under the power of sin—in love with the world—blind to the charms of Christ, without a single desire after Him, or the least care for thy immortal soul.  (2d.) Look within, dost thou find affection to Jesus, and desires after Him? Is it the language of thy heart, none but Christ—I look to none but Him—I expect salvation from Him, and Him only ? O whence this mighty change? Say, did you first seek Christ, or Christ you? Did your desires first go out after Christ, or...

"His servants shall serve Him. And they shall see His face; and His name shall be in their foreheads." -Revelation 22:3, 4 [KJV] Mark these characters, my soul. Jesus hath servants, and they are distinguished from the world. They "serve Him." What is it to serve Christ? The prophet hath described. Free grace hath made them servants, in bringing them from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the sons of God; and therefore he saith, in the Lord's name, "My servants shah eat, but ye shall be hungry; My servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty; My servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed; My servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart." How distinguishing these characters! God's servants have the table of Jesus to sit down to; the bread of life, the bread of God, the living bread, which is Jesus Himself, to feed upon. They shall drink also; for He that is their living bread is ...

The sovereignty of God is absolute.   To acknowledge this truth is at once to acknowledge that God has foreordained whatsoever comes to pass; that nothing else can come to pass; that predestination is a fact; that God does rule in the kingdoms of men; that all human ties, bonds and relationships are Divinely appointed and formed; that salvation rests solely, fully and only in God’s election; that salvation is by God’s grace and His grace alone; and, that no part of man’s salvation is of himself either in origin or execution.   Where men get the idea that man’s will is the all-determining factor or moving cause of his salvation is hard to see.  Certainly they do not get it from the Bible…  “Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God”   (John 1:11-13) .   Any sermon that does not have Christ in the beginning, the middle, and the end is a mistake in conception and a crime in execut...

The Gospel is not an offer.  An offer presupposes a man’s ability to accept or reject the offer.  To offer life to one who is dead in sins would be absurd and insincere.  God does not offer life. He gives it!   It is written in Ephesians 2:1, “And you hath He quickened who were dead in trespasses and sins.”   Also in Colossians 2:13, "And you, being dead in your sins and in the uncirmcision of your flesh, hath He quickened together with Him, having forgiven you all tresspasses." Did Christ offer life to Lazarus? Of course not!  Jesus cried out, “Lazarus, come forth.  And he that was dead came forth.”   -John 11:43-44   And that's the Gospel truth.