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

"Surely, shall one say, IN THE L ORD have I righteousness and strength ." - Isaiah 45:24a [KJV] The same blessed Spirit who shines as with a ray of light and life into the conscience, to make it feel the guilt of sin, the curse of the law, and its own miserable state as a transgressor, leads it also into this secret, that it has no strength. Have you never felt that you were utterly powerless—that you would believe, but could not; would hope, but could not; would love, but could not; would keep God's word, but could not; would obey His commandments, but were not able? Has a sense of your own miserable impotency and thorough helplessness never pressed you down almost to despair? You felt sure that there was a faith, a hope, a love, a blessing, and a blessedness in the truth of God; a pardon, a peace, a heavenly joy; an assurance of salvation, a union and communion with the Lord Jesus, which you saw, but could not reach. You felt that if you c...

Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (14-16DEC18) 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: It would be good for all to think about that man Noah in the light of present religious thinking. Noah was a man who wasn’t seeking God but God in grace found him and made him the object of His grace in Christ! His faith was the evidence of God’s grace to and in him not the cause of it (see Hebrews 11 & Genesis 6:8). His preaching was about righteousness not about morality, politics or life lessons. Being a “ preacher of righteousness , ” he was the only true gospel preacher on earth at the time. He preached a hundred and twenty years and didn’t have a convert outside of his own family. His was the only church on earth but there were ...