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

Only the Spirit of God can tear down the strongholds and idols of men’s minds. He does this by the “sword of the Spirit which is the word of God.” Our responsibility is but to set forth the “word of truth of the gospel.” When that is done, something happens like that which happened when the ark of the covenant was put in the temple of Dagon. When they came back the next day, the ark, without the help of man, stood whole and the image of Dagon was fallen and broken. Oh they set Dagon up again as men do their idols but God brought him down again. We preach the gospel and wait upon God to do the rest. He will bring down every idol and exalt Christ in the hearts of His people!    -Gospel report by preacher Gary Shepard

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, W ho hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ." - EPHESIANS 1:3 [KJV]   If you are blessed with all spiritual blessings, it is only "in Christ" you are so blessed. If you were chosen before the foundation of the world, it was only "in Christ" that you were chosen. He is our covenant Head. What we are we are only in Him. There is nothing in self; no fixedness there. All is fluctuating here below; all is uncertain as regards man. Certainty is with God; and the fixedness of God's purposes is our grand, our only support . Thus the doctrine of election received into the heart diffuses a sacred blessedness over the whole truth of God, for it gives stability to it. It is not a dry doctrine which men may toss about from hand to hand like a tennis ball; it is not an article of a creed written down in church articles, or a theory to be argued by divines. Nor is...

Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (13-15SEP19) 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: "I marvel that ye are so soon removed from Him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ." -GALATIANS 1:6-7 [KJV] Those who want to know the difference between the true gospel and "another gospel," that is, a false gospel, need only ask, U pon whom does salvation depend? A false gospel always makes salvation dependent upon the sinner’s will or work. There may be talk about the love, kindness and grace of the Father, the life, death and resurrection of the Son and the conviction, call and work of the Spirit, but when acc...