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

"At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank T hee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because T hou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes ." - MATTHEW 11:25 [KJV] Whatever religious knowledge, whatever carnal wisdom, or whatever worldly prudence a man may be possessed of, if he is devoid of the life of God in his soul, he is destitute of the workings of godly fear, he has no solemn awe or reverence for Jehovah, he has never seen his sins in the light of God's countenance, he has never trembled at "the wrath to come," he has never prostrated himself with a reverential spirit before the eyes of a heart-searching Jehovah, that sees into the secret recesses of his bosom. But all his knowledge, and all his wisdom, and all his prudence leave him just where they found him, unimpressed, carnal, sensual, worldly, "dead in trespasses and sins." All his wisdom never reached beyond the surface; it n

Every sermon sent by God Almighty through His means of revelation to His people, the preaching of the Gospel , finds Christ Jesus as its only subject . Only in rightly hearing of Him does a redeemed and regenerated sinner find comfort for his soul. If the Scriptures are preached aright, according to the word of the Lord to two on the road to Emmaus [ Luke ch. 24 ] beginning at Moses and all the prophets, the message will set forth His glory, His work, and His honor….in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself will be the only declaration. -Gospel report by preacher Marvin Stalnaker