Compass Point

‘I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour.’ —Isaiah 43:1 ‘Neither is there salvation in any other:  for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.’ —Acts 4:12

‘Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.’—Daniel 6:10

‘He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.’—1 John 2

‘For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.’—Hebrews 10:37‘And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.’—John 14:3

‘Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,‘ And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.’—2 Peter 3:3 & 4‘If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.’—John 14:3

‘This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.’—John 2:11

‘He said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran’—Acts 7:2

‘In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation:  in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise’—Ephesians 1:13

‘My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:‘And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.’—John 10:27 & 28‘This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.’—1 Timothy 1:15

‘Order my steps in thy word:  and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.’—Psalm 119:133

‘Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness:  by whose stripes ye were healed.’—1 Peter 2:24‘And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?’—Mark 15:34

‘Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another:  and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.’—Hebrews 10:25

‘I must needs go home by the way of the cross,There's no other way but this;I shall ne'er get sight of the gates of light,If the way of the cross I miss.The way of the cross leads home, (leads home,)The way of the cross leads home; (leads home;)It is sweet to know as I onward go,The way of cross leads home.‘I must needs go on in the blood sprinkled way,The path that the Savior trod,If I ever climb to the heights sublime,Where the soul is at home with God.‘Then I bid farewell to the way of the world,To walk in it nevermore;For the Lord says, "Come," and I seek my homeWhere He waits at the open door.’—Jessie Brown Pounds (1861-1921)

‘The Lᴏʀᴅ is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?’—Psalm 27:1‘I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lᴏʀᴅ in the land of the living.‘Wait on the Lord:  be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart:  wait, I say, on the Lᴏʀᴅ.’—Psalm 27:13, 14

‘Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight:  but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.’—Hebrews 4:13

‘And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.‘…‘Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God’—Luke 2:26,28

‘Give unto the Lᴏʀᴅ the glory due unto his name; worship the Lᴏʀᴅ in the beauty of holiness.‘…‘The Lᴏʀᴅ will give strength unto his people; the Lᴏʀᴅ will bless his people with peace.’—Psalm 29:2 & 11

‘Thou shalt have no other gods before me.’—Exodus 20:3

‘As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him’—Colossians 2:6‘Without faith it is impossible to please him:  for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him’—Hebrews 11:6

‘Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,‘…‘And this will we do, if God permit.’—Hebrews 6:1 & 3