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

"When Christ, W ho is our life, shall appear, then  shall ye also appear with H im in glory."   -C OLOSSIANS 3:4 [KJV] If Christ be your life upon earth; if you have a living faith in His divine Majesty; if any drops of His love have ever bedewed your soul; if any sweet smile has ever comforted your heart, the Apostle would say to all such, "When Christ, Who is your life, shall appear with all His saints, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory." No longer pestered by sin and Satan, no longer carrying about a weak, infirm tabernacle, the seat of innumerable evils and maladies, but endued with a soul pure as He is pure, and a spiritual body capable of enjoying the bliss and blessedness of eternity, "then shall ye appear," ye suffering saints, who have set your affections on Him whom ye have not seen, and yet in Whom ye believe, "then shall ye also appear with Him in glory." And is not this worth struggling for? Is not...

Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands ( 02-04 AUG19) 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: CHRIST IS THE FRIEND OF SINNERS The religious people during the Lord’s earthly ministry would not come to Him for salvation because they looked down on a man who would be the friend of sinners. “The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners” [LUKE 7:24] . But this is the very reason sinners flock to Christ: He is the friend of sinners! The Lord Jesus Christ is such a Friend of sinners that He did everything necessary to redeem them from their sin.I ask you, Which are you? Are you a religious person who is so good you look down on and despise sinners? If y...