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

     "Spiritual matters are beyond the grasp of human philosophers. God given faith ascends higher than mere human philosophy. Paul did not speak of mere hypothetical danger when he said, "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ" (Colossians 2:8) . Human philosophy seeks to deduce the fundamentals of Christianity from its own principles. One such instance is demonstrated by those who deny the Divine Triunity. They say that one plus one plus one equals three, thus deceiving many within their vain philosophy. The truth of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is that one times one times one equals one." -preacher W.E. Best, Diminishing Spirituality in Local Churches

"Therefore will I look unto the LORD: I will wait for the GOD of my salvation: my GOD will hear me."   -Micah 7:7 [KJV] Here is a soul exclaiming against the very worst of foes. “A man’s enemies are the men of his own house.” Under such experience, behold and imitate the conduct before us. Here are two acts of the mind, and the cry of faith.    (1st.) I will look. The Lord is the object looked to. Blessed be the Spirit, He opens our eyes to see Him, and our hearts to believe His love to us and care for us. Then we know the voice of Christ and obey it. He says, “Look unto Me, and be ye saved , ” (Isaiah 45:22.) Whenever distressed with enemies from within and without, sin, Satan, or the world, here is our warrant, to look unto the Lord. He assures us of salvation from them. We shall find and feel these enemies, to the end of life. Therefore looking unto the Lord, is to be the constant work of life. O the special mercy to have such a Lord to look to! Shame to us, that we...

"And lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon Him. And lo, a voice from heaven, saying, This is My beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased." -Matthew 3:16, 17 [KJV] Take thy stand, my soul, this evening by the river Jordan, and by faith behold the wonders displayed in the hour thy Jesus entered upon His public ministry. Behold a decisive proof of the distinct personality in the threefold character, which all the sacred volume of the scriptures gives to the revelation of the Godhead. Behold Jesus, the uncreated word, on the bank of Jordan!    Behold the Holy Spirit, hovering as a dove on His sacred person! And hear the voice of God coming from heaven, proclaiming Who Jesus was, His relationship to Him, and His approbation of Him. And when thou hast duly pondered the precious testimony, bend thy knee in adoration, love, and praise, to the sacred Three-in-One, for so condescending an act of grace, in confirmatio...

"Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love Me, he will keep My words: and My Father will love him, and We will come unto him, and make Our abode with him ." - John 14:23 [KJV] There are two grand vital points that every Christian should seek to be established in. The first is,—Is he a believer in Christ? Has the blessed Spirit made Christ known to his soul? Has he embraced Jesus in the arms of living faith? The second point which he should seek to have established in his soul is,—Does he abide in Christ? This he may know by having some testimony that Christ abides in him, and produces the fruits that flow out of this inward abiding. If Christ abide in him, his heart will not be like the nether mill-stone. He cannot rush greedily into sin; he will not love the world, and the things of time and sense; he cannot happily love idols, or do those things which ungodly professors do without one check or pang.    Jesus in the soul is a guest that will make Himself known; yea, ...

The True Church , Part I by D G Miles McKee   "Father Abraham, who do you have in heaven? Any Episcopalians up there?" "No. No Episcopalians." "Do you have any Presbyterians up there?" "No Presbyterians." "Do you have any Independents or any Seceders?" "No, we do not have any of those." "Have you any Methodists up there?" "No, no, no." "Well, who do you have up there then?" "We do not know those names up here. All who are here are Christians, believers in Christ, men and women who have been cleansed by the blood of the Lamb." "Oh, is that so? Is that the case? Then God help us. God help us to forget all party names and to be Christians in deed and truth." -preacher George Whitfield   I’ve often been asked, “Which is the True Church?” That’s a great question! After all, in America alone there are, according to the Encyclopedia of American Religions, over 15,000 denominations, s...

     "The right of self-defense is the first law of nature; in most governments it has been the study of rulers to confine this right within the narrowest limits possible. Wherever standing armies are kept up, and when the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any color or pretext whatsoever, prohibited, liberty, if not already annihilated, is on the brink of destruction." -Mr. Henry St. George Tucker, in Blackstone's 1768 A.D. "Commentaries on the Laws of England."

"We believe, and are sure."   - John 6:69 [KJV]   Here is both faith and assurance. I wish to the Lord I had them, is the language of many a doubting heart, while they have both this very faith and assurance. This assurance is of the essence of faith. Without it faith has no existence. Consider,    (1st.) The nature of this faith and assurance. “We believe and are sure.” Of what? That their names were written in heaven, that they were sure they were the elect of God? No. But, says St. Peter to our Lord, “We believe, and are sure, that Thou art Christ the Son of the living God, and that Thou hast the words of eternal life.” Their minds were as sure of this truth, as of their existence. So must ours at all times, and under all circumstances. But is this faith and assurance? Then, blessed be God, I am a partaker of both. I do believe, I am sure, that Christ is the Son of God, and that He, and He alone, hath the words of eternal life. But I want to be sure of my own in...