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

"Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not ." - ISAIAH 35:4 [KJV] "Fear not." "Ah! but Lord," the soul says, "I do fear. I fear myself more than anybody. I fear my base, wicked heart, my strong lusts and passions, and my numerous inward enemies, the snares of Satan, and the temptations of the world. Thou sayest, 'Fear not.' But I do fear. I cannot help but fear." Still the Lord says, "Fear not." Let us see if we cannot find something to explain this a little more clearly. There is a crowd yonder, and a weak woman in company with her husband. He says to her all trembling and fearing to pass through the crush, "Fear not; take hold of my arm, cling close to me." She takes hold of his arm and fears not. So with the timid soul and its enemies. It says, "How can I press through this crowd of difficulties; how elbow my way through these opposing doubts and fears?" Its husband, the Lord...

  Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (27-29SEP19) 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: "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. My Father, which gave them Me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of My Father’s hand." -J OHN 10:27-29[KJV] There is no stronger passage to be found in the word of God guaranteeing the absolute security of every child of God. They are His sheep, they follow Him, they have eternal life, they are in the hand of Christ, the Father gave them to Christ [JOHN 6:37; JOHN 17 vss. 2, 6, 9, 11, 12, 24] , and they are in the Father’s hand. The sheep of Ch...

When the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ shouted in His dying breath "It is finished" (John 19:30) , He spoke regarding the redemption of the sinners for whom He died (among other things). When He said "It is finished" He meant ... "It is finished!" The redemption of every soul for whom He died was completed, perfected, accomplished, achieved, finalized. Many preachers over (state) otherwise. They say He meant 'It is finished hypothetically!' ­ as in 'I made redemption possible for everyone.'  They say He meant 'It is finished partly!' ­ as in 'I have done My part, but now you must do yours.'  They say He meant 'It is finished provisionally!' ­ as in 'I have provided redemption for all who will of their own freewill have it.' They say He meant 'It is finished conditionally!' ­ as in 'I have redeemed you if you meet the condition.' When Jesus Christ said, "It is finished...