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ETERNAL SECURITY

By David J. Stewart



Jonah 2:9, “Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly… Salvation is of the LORD.”



Chapter 15 — Salvation is of the Lord



I was reading the Old Testament Book of Jonah the other day and stumbled across a truth that I never saw before. We often hear the Biblical story about Jonah and the Whale; but I’ve never heard anyone address the prayer which Jonah cried out from the whale’s belly.



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For the entire Bible shows us that if we honor God with our possessions, "So your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine" (Proverbs 3:9–10). We should all meditate on the inspired teaching of the Apostle Paul, "But this I say: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able… Continue

James 2:10, “For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.”



Chapter 6 — Who's the Biggest Sinner?



You are! I am! We all are! It is human nature to look upon the sins and faults of others, while often overlooking our own sins. This is hypocrisy. One of the worst deceptions is overlooking our own faults. The Word of God proclaims in James 2:10 that committing even ONE SIN makes a person GUILTY in God's eyes of breaking every… Continue

Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me" (Jonah 1:2).



"Behold the day cometh that shall burn as a oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be as stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch" (Malachi 4:1).



"The whole world lieth in wickedness" (1 John 5:19).



What does God have to say about the… Continue