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

"The eternal God is thy refuge." -Deuteronomy 33:27 [KJV]   Who is this eternal God? He is the great and glorious Jehovah, eternal in His Trinity of Persons and in the Unity of His Essence. And what a depth of blessedness there is in this God being an eternal God; and that in and of this eternity, each Person of the Godhead has an equal share. Look at the love of the eternal God. How eternal was that—not a thing of time, not fixed upon us when first brought into being, not issuing out of His bosom first when we were quickened into divine life; but a love from all eternity, as being the love of an eternal God. "I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee" (Jeremiah 31:3) . And how eternal are the thoughts of God; those thoughts which were of good, not of evil. They were eternal thoughts of peace to the Church; eternal thoughts of mercy to His beloved family; eternal thoughts of manifesting His grace

Our Lord said to the Jewish leaders of His day, “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of M e. And YE WILL NOT come to M e that ye might have life” (John 5:39-40) . “No man can come to M e, except the Father which hath sent M e draw him : and I will raise him up at the last day” (John 6:44) . It is a well-known fact that many are quick to defend the freedom of man’s will, but our Lord, in these few words, forevermore dashed that heresy to pieces. The Word of God is clear that no man has the natural willingness or ability to come to God and be content to be saved by grace alone through the bloody sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ alone. Rather than man’s will being free, it is enslaved. The will is in bondage to our sinful nature. Instead of speaking of the freedom of the will, it would be more accurate to say that man’s will is imprisoned to sin and Satan (John 8:34) . The sinner, therefore, if uninfluenced by e

Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (29-31MAR19) 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: “ The preacher of the gospel has nothing in common with the politicians or the entertainers of this world. We are not merely presenting our views and we are not religious clowns. We come before you having been commissioned by the King, with the message of the King, that originated with the King and is all about the King. Bow down proud sinner and worship Christ the crucified, buried, risen and ascended Lord. I am not here to amuse you, but to magnify Christ, to warn you of judgment to come and tell you that the only hope you have of a blissful eternity is in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ. B ELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND THOU SHALT BE