THE believer's object is Christ. "For to me to live is Christ". Paul had but one object, "Whether we live, we live unto the Lord, and whether we die we die unto the Lord." It is a man's object (that to which his affections, thoughts , and feelings are directed), not his position, that gives character, peace, confidence, and standing. Many people, (preachers included) clamor for recognition, praise, and position: and that is natural for one who does not have anything better. But the believer is - "Content with beholding His face,' My all to His pleasure resign; No changes of season or place Would make any change in my mind. While blest with a sense of His love, A palace a toy would appear, And prisons would palaces prove If Christ would dwell with m e there.”

Pastor Scott Richardson

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“The flood came and took them all away.” It all hinges on this one matter - inside or outside the ark (Christ). Those inside the ark may have a thousand imperfections, but all are saved without a single exception at last! Those outside the ark may have a thousand excellencies, but all are drowned without a single exception at last! They all perished in the universal destruction. Here is the solemn thought. Here is a rule without an exception. All outside of Christ lost; all in Christ saved. All unbelievers perishing; all believers saved.

C. H. Spurgeon