Only In The Lord Shall All Be Justified

"And I will give you the treasures of darkness

and hidden riches of secret places, that you many know

that it is I, the Lord, the God of Israel, Who calls you by name."

Isaiah 45:3





Summertime flowers

"There are in our day some philosophies growing in popularity

which teach the attractive idea that God always reveals His love

by removing the distasteful and unpleasant from our lives.

But where in the Bible do you find support for this

attractive and alluring concept?

Certainly not from the lips of Jesus.

On the contrary, you are startled to discover how plainly

and bluntly Christ told His disciples to expect trouble:

"In the world ye shall have tribulation. But be of good cheer."

That is His message.

"Be of good cheer...I have over come the world."

No...Christians are not spared...

The calamities of life knock on their door with the same

startling swiftness...and the rain falls on the just as well as the unjust.

There is no hint or intimation anywhere in the Gospel that

they who follow Him shall never hunger or be left out of work, or be left alone.

No, there is no hint of immunity...But there is a promise of something

far better...the promise of deliverance...not from these things...but in these things.

There is an air of reality about the Gospel...It is not a fairy tale in which

Cinderella's rags are changed into the robes of a queen...

but rather a promise in which Cinderella in her rags becomes more queenly."

Excerpt from a sermon by 

Reverend Peter Marshall Sr.

(1902-1949)

Twice elected Chaplain of the United States Senate