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

By nature, we are all mixed up in our priorities. We esteem that which is natural, temporal and fleeting as much and that which is spiritual, eternal and lasting as little. The body and its pleasure and comforts are very important to people but their soul and its redemption and welfare are viewed as of little importance. The Psalmist rightly declared in Psalms 49:8, “ For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever ”. Precious? How precious? Only Christ can tell us and He did: “ For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ?” (Matthew 16:26) If we gain the “whole world” and everything that is counted precious in it and lose our soul we have really lost all! John Gill said to lose your soul is to “be consigned to everlasting torment and misery, be banished from the divine presence, and continually feel the gnawings of the worm of conscience that never dies...

"Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise H im, W ho is the health of my countenance, and my God." -Psalm 43:11 [KJV] "Let not your heart be troubled..." -John 14, vss. 1 & 27 [KJV] It is clear from scripture, and it is our day to day experience, that in this world, God's children, like the rest of Adam's race, will have trials, troubles and difficulties. Though we are the elect of God, chosen in eternal love and redeemed by the almighty blood of Jesus Christ, yet we have many a bitter cup of trouble and trial to drink before we finally enjoy everlasting glory and rest. But there is a sure remedy for this heart trouble. "Ye believe in God, believe also in Me." The only real medicine for troubled hearts is - faith - confidence in the sovereign Christ! This is the only prescription our Lord gives in the fourteenth chapter of John ...

Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (16-18NOV18) Heads-Up --- Please find enclosed encouragement in "SO GREAT SALVATION" by the perfect and finished work of our Lord Jesus Christ in saving poor, needy and wretched sinners by His sovereign free grace - God's unmerited favor - from their sins and from Hell: "Look to this one grand thing, that all thy confidence and all thy joy ariseth wholly from Jesus's person and righteousness; let Jesus have ALL thy confidence. Faith brings nothing, for it hath nothing: it casts itself wholly upon Jesus. Amidst all its guilt, and fear, and tears, it is Jesus only to whom faith looks, it is Jesus alone upon whom it depends . It hath nothing to do with self; neither our own feelings, nor the exercise of our graces." - Gospel report by preacher Robert Hawker

"And H e said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables ."   -Mark 4:11 [KJV] By "the kingdom of God" is meant the same thing as "the kingdom of heaven," that is, the internal kingdom set up in the heart by the power of the Spirit—that kingdom which shall stand for ever and ever, and last when time shall be no more. This the Lord calls a mystery. And if it is a mystery, it will have these three marks; it will be beyond nature, sense, and reason, will be hidden from the wise and prudent, and will be revealed unto babes. Let us see if we can find these marks belonging to the kingdom of heaven set up in the heart. It certainly is above nature, sense, and reason, that God should dwell in a man's heart, as the Apostle says, "Christ in you, the hope of glory" and again, "Ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath ...

What is the Gospel? The simple answer is; the Gospel is the person, doing, dying and rising again of the Lord Christ. The pure Gospel is not about you and not about me . It is about Jesus. This is Gospel Truth! The Gospel, among other things, reveals God’s plan, ACCOMPLISHED IN CHRIST, for the recovery of fallen, sinful people from the deplorable state into, which sin had brought them. This is Gospel Truth! God came to this earth in the person of His Son. This is Gospel Truth! As our Apostle, He came from God to us. As our Priest He takes us to God… Hebrews 3:1 . This is Gospel Truth! He, as a man, obeyed God’s laws and requirements on our behalf. This is Gospel Truth!... Hebrews 4:15 ; II Corinthians 5 : 21 & John 15:10 He made a suitable and satisfactory atonement for His people’s sins by His death and gave us the gift of the favour of God … Ephesians 1:7 . This is Gospel Truth! The Holy Spirit opens our hearts to receive the Gospel, but ...

"For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even  I, will both search My sheep, and seek them  out. As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in  the day that he is among his sheep that are  scattered; so will I seek out My sheep, and   WILL DELIVER THEM out of all places where  they have been scattered in the cloudy and  dark day ."   - Ezekiel 34:11-12 [KJV]   The Shepherd does not go forth in search of the lost sheep in order to make them His own. They are His already, therefore He refers to them as "My sheep." The Lord’s sheep were His before they became lost for they were given to Him by the Father in the election of grace. They remained His even when they became sinners due to Adam’s transgression. The good Shepherd said, "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" (...

"And ye know that He was manifested to take  away our sins; and in Him is no sin" - I John 3:5 [KJV] There was not a speck of sin on the conscience, nor a principle of sin in the nature of His people, for which Christ was not judged on the cross; and they are now looked upon as having died with Christ, lain in the grave with Christ, been raised with Christ, perfectly accepted in Him, their sins, their iniquities, their transgressions, their enmity, their uncircumcision, having been entirely put away by the cross. The sentence of death has been written on the flesh; but the believer is in possession of a new life, in union with his risen Head in glory. What rest – perfect rest – for the heart and conscience is here! What full relief for the burdened spirit! All our sins buried in the grave of Christ, not one – even the smallest – left out! God did this for us! All that His searching eye could detect in us, He laid on the head of Christ when He hung ...